appease
英 [ə'piːz]
美[ə'piz]
- vt. 使平息;使满足;使和缓;对…让步
词态变化
第三人称单数: appeases;过去式: appeased;过去分词: appeased;现在分词: appeasing;名词: appeasement;
助记提示
1. peace => appease.
中文词源
appease 安抚
前缀ap-同ad-. -pease, 同peace, 和平。即安抚,使和平。
英英释意
- 1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
- "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
- 2. overcome or allay;
- "quell my hunger"
- 3. make peace with
英文词源
- 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.
考试真题
- Children aren't born knowing how to say "I'm sorry"; rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends—and their own consciences.
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实用场景例句
- The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
- 普遍认为,这一举措是试图安抚批评政权的人。
牛津词典
- [不可数名词]a policy of appeasement
- 绥靖政策
牛津词典
- The offer has not appeased separatists.
- 该提议未能平抚分裂分子。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate...
- 一些人指责甘地试图安抚两派选民。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- In such a tight labour market, companies appease workers by offering higher wages.
- 在劳动力卖方市场, 企业以提供更高的工资来满足雇员.
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- It would be fun to appease the appetite of hungry people.
- 满足饥饿者的胃口会很有趣.
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- Can you appease the boy's curiosity?
- 你能满足这个男孩的好奇心 吗 ?
辞典例句
- He tried to appease his angry mother with kind words.
- 他试图用宽厚的话抚慰愤怒的母亲.
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- A king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will appease it.
- 王的震怒, 如杀人的使者.但智慧人能止息王怒.
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- Publicly, Mr. Netanyahu must appease his coalition partners who oppose any curbs on construction in Jerusalem.
- 内塔尼亚胡在公开场合必须安抚那些反对停止耶路撒冷建设的盟友.
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- The crisis forced him to make some political concessions to appease the masses.
- 这次危机迫使他做出一些政治上的让步来安抚大众.
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- After Munich Conference, America? s policy was not only to appease Germany , but also to contain it.
- 慕尼黑会议之后, 美国的对德政策是绥靖与遏制并存.
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- A measure intended to help appease the pain caused by the reforms ended upshavingsthe opposite effect.
- 减税措施本来旨在缓解改革导致的痛苦,最终却产生相反的效果.
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- He has to appease his young brother.
- 他不得不迁就他的弟弟.
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- After nearly two hours of police persuasion, to appease the man basic emotional stability.
- 经过民警近两个小时的劝解 、 安抚,该男子情绪基本稳定.
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- Nothing could appease the crying child.
- 什么都无法使孩子不哭.
辞典例句
- If Mabel should get another miff, they'd never be able to appease her.
- 如果梅宝儿再发怒的话, 他们就没办法使她息怒了.
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- It was a blunder for them to try to appease the aggressor.
- 他们想姑息侵略者,那是一个大错.
辞典例句
- He hunted up a restaurant to appease his hunger.
- 他好容易找到一家餐馆去填饱肚子.
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- Fifteen percent of employers reported modifying their policies in order to appease their Gen Y employees.
- 有15%的雇主称为了吸引Y代员工,他们修改了公司规定.
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- Dispel unpleasant smells. Stimulate appetite. Appease vehemency and depression.
- 祛除异味, 刺激食欲, 赶山肠胃,安抚焦虑、愤怒、沮丧.
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- Chamberlain tried to appease Hitler with Sudetenland at Munich.
- 张伯伦在慕尼黑企图牺牲苏台德地区来安抚希特勒.
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- Prayers, charms, incantations were used to appease the gods or to ward off demons.
- 人类用祈祷, 符咒, 咒语向上帝表达悔意或者是驱赶魔鬼.
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- Sedation appease facial skin cream containing rare plants, efficient components skin penetration to the bottom.
- 镇静安抚面部肌肤,含珍贵植物精华, 高效成份渗透至肌肤底层,使肌肤更易吸收,加快代谢,令肌肤.
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- He said he could eat an elephant to appease his hunger.
- 他说他吃光一头大象才能充饥.
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- For all of China's wealth, the party is desperate to appease the restive rural masses.
- 为了中国整体富裕, 党不顾一切安抚焦躁的农村群体.
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- Meaning mediate a dispute and appease conflict.
- 调解纠纷,缓和矛盾.
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- He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.
- 他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭.
《简明英汉词典》
- We stock 20 fresh scents, each designed to appease your senses and leave you overwhelmed with pleasure.
- 我们的浴&肥皂酒吧被设计清洗和重新补充您的皮肤,使您感受新鲜, 豪华和富有.美国不调控我们的肥皂 作为 化妆用品,因此自然工艺是最接近的类别.
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