appeasement
英[?'pi?zm(?)nt]
美[?'pizm?nt]
- n. 緩和，平息；姑息
詞態變化
動詞:?appease;
英文詞源
- appeasement (n.)
- mid-15c., "pacification," from Middle French apeisement, Old French apaisement "appeasement, calming," noun of action from apaisier (see appease). First recorded 1919 in international political sense; not pejorative until failure of Chamberlain's policy toward Germany in 1939 (Methods of appeasement was Chamberlain's description of his policy).
雙語例句
- 1. They have already been accused of appeasement by more militant organisations.
- 已有更多的好戰組織譴責他們采取姑息態度。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Appeasement has come home to roost.
- 綏靖政策的惡果已經顯現出來了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He denied there is a policy of appeasement.
- 他否認有綏靖政策存在。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Music is an appeasement to shattered nerves.
- 音樂可撫慰受重創的神經.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness.
- 對殘暴行為是不能姑息的.
來自演講部分