placate

英 [pləˈkeɪt]

美 [ˈpleɪkeɪt]

v.  安抚; 平息(怒气)

现在分词：placating　过去分词：placated　过去式：placated　第三人称单数：placates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14004 / COCA.16057

牛津词典

verb

• 安抚；平息（怒气）
  to make sb feel less angry about sth
  1. a placating smile
     表示和解的微笑
  2. The concessions did little to placate the students.
     让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 安抚；抚慰
  If youplacatesomeone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry.
  1. He smiled, trying to placate me...
     他微笑着，想要安抚我。
  2. 'I didn't mean to upset you,' Agnew said in a placating voice.
     阿格纽用抚慰的语气说：“我不是有意让你不高兴。”

英英释义

verb

• cause to be more favorably inclined
  1. She managed to mollify the angry customer
  Synonym:pacifylenifyconciliateassuageappeasemollifygentlegruntle

双语例句

• A breakthrough in either area could be enough to placate shareholders and prevent Microsoft returning at a later date.
  无论在哪个领域取得突破，可能都足以安抚股东情绪，防止微软日后卷土重来。
• The desire of politicians to placate the public.
  政治家们想要安抚公众的愿望。
• Nobody would tell her the truth, they were all too anxious to placate and to soothe.
  谁也不愿告诉她事实真相，他们都急于安慰她。
• Lenders may be harder to placate than diplomats.
  放贷者可能会比外交家更难安抚。
• Only when I quit business and academe to write, and did not have to placate clients or potential benefactors, could I openly say that the conventional wisdom was in error.
  只有当我退出商界和学术界从事写作、而不必安抚客户或潜在的捐助人时，我才可以公开表示，传统智慧误入了歧途。
• Evra concedes that Owen's strike was vital not only for the points and to placate manager Sir Alex Ferguson, but also to deal City's cash-powered revolution an early setback.
  埃弗拉认为欧文的射门不仅帮曼联取得了分数，也帮了经理弗格森的大忙。也让曼城的金钱革命一开始就遭遇了挫折。
• Placate the labour unions on Trade and get them to support Mr Obama on healthcare.
  在贸易问题上安抚工会，以便让他们支持奥巴马的医改方案。
• He never attempt to placate his enemy.
  他从不企图与敌人和解。
• Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.
  服装和面具也穿在节日，企图模仿邪灵或安抚他们。
• 'I didn't mean to upset you,' Agnew said in a placating voice.
  阿格纽用抚慰的语气说：“我不是有意让你不高兴。”