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
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- a placating smile
表示和解的微笑 - The concessions did little to placate the students.
让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
- a placating smile
柯林斯词典
- VERB 安抚；抚慰
If youplacatesomeone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry.- He smiled, trying to placate me...
他微笑着，想要安抚我。 - '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。”
- He smiled, trying to placate me...
英英释义
verb
- cause to be more favorably inclined
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
双语例句
- 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。 - To placate the Parliament and the opposition, the government raised the bar for citizenship. Strict due diligence standards were set to weed out money launderers and criminals.
为了安抚议会和反对派，政府提高了获得公民身份的门槛，设定了严格的尽职调查标准，以剔除洗钱者和犯罪分子。 - You had better placate your parent's angry.
你最好安抚你家人的怒气。 - 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。 - He smiled, trying to placate me
他微笑着，想要安抚我。 - 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 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。” - Accommodation failed to placate the critics and may have demoralized supporters of a strong defense.
迁就没有能安抚批评者，而可能使强大防务的支持者灰心丧气。 - 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。