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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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

• The desire of politicians to placate the public.
  政治家们想要安抚公众的愿望。
• He hoped really to placate Butler in part by generous attitude throughout this procedure.
  他实在希望通过这件事以他大方的态度使巴特勒缓和一些。
• Watch for China to increase its capital flows to the emerging markets to placate critics.
  让我们等待中国增加对新兴市场的资金流动，以安抚批评者吧。
• The letter made him furious, and it took some time to placate him.
  那封信使他很生气，花了好长时间才使他平静下来。
• 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。
• China, however, appears to have outsmarted its rivals in recent months by taking steps – some symbolic and some real – to placate its African critics.
  然而，中国似乎巧妙地胜过了对手们，在近几个月里采取一些措施有些是象征性的，也有些是实质性的以安抚非洲的批评人士。
• The tax will placate local government demands for a share in local resources.
  此税将安抚当地政府为达到当地资源分享的要求。
• I think China is doing this because dogs are becoming increasingly popular pets in China among its wealthier citizens and this planned ban is a great way to placate them.
  我认为中国这么做是因为养狗作为宠物在较富裕的国民中慢慢流行开来，这个计划中的禁令是为了讨好这些人。
• Now Mr Tsang will have to come up with an electoral plan for the coming years that will placate public impatience but not alarm China.
  现在摆在曾先生面前的问题是如何制定来年的选举计划既能安抚民众的急躁情绪但又不会让中央不高兴。
• 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。