appease
英[?'pi?z]
美[?'piz]
- vt. 使平息；使滿足；使和緩；對…讓步
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?appeases;過去式:?appeased;過去分詞:?appeased;現在分詞:?appeasing;名詞:?appeasement;
助記提示
1. peace => appease.
中文詞源
appease 安撫
前綴ap-同ad-. -pease, 同peace, 和平。即安撫，使和平。
英文詞源
- appease
- appease: see peace
- appease (v.)
- c. 1300 "to reconcile," from Anglo-French apeser, Old French apaisier "to pacify, make peace, appease, be reconciled, placate" (12c.), from the phrase a paisier "bring to peace," from a "to" (see ad-) + pais, from Latin pacem (nominative pax) "peace" (see peace). Related: Appeased; appeasing.
雙語例句
- 1. The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
- 普遍認為，這一舉措是試圖安撫批評政權的人。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.
- 他試圖給那個啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate.
- 一些人指責甘地試圖安撫兩派選民。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
- 普遍認為，這一舉措是試圖安撫批評政權的人。
來自辭典例句
- 5. The government tried to appease discontented workers.
- 政府試圖安撫不滿的工人們。
來自辭典例句