appease

英 [əˈpiːz]

美 [əˈpiːz]

v.  安抚; 抚慰; 绥靖(满足另一国的要求以避免战争)

过去分词：appeased　现在分词：appeasing　过去式：appeased　第三人称单数：appeases　

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.13880 / COCA.12426

牛津词典

verb

• 安抚；抚慰
  to make sb calmer or less angry by giving them what they want
  1. 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。
• 绥靖（满足另一国的要求以避免战争）
  to give a country what it wants in order to avoid war

柯林斯词典

• VERB 平息;安抚;抚慰
  If you try toappeasesomeone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
  1. 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。
  2. The offer has not appeased separatists.
     该提议未能平抚分裂分子。

英英释义

verb

• make peace with
  Synonym:propitiate
• overcome or allay
  1. quell my hunger
  Synonym:quellstay
• cause to be more favorably inclined
  1. She managed to mollify the angry customer
  Synonym:pacifylenifyconciliateassuagemollifyplacategentlegruntle

双语例句

• Livni took a much tougher line on Iran, saying Israel and the international community need to confront Tehran and not appease it.
  利夫尼对伊朗则采取了比较强硬的态度。她说，以色列和国际社会需要对抗德黑兰，而不是安抚德黑兰。
• If ICANN fails to appease these interest groups, the consequences could be severe.
  如果icann无法安抚这些互联网群体，那么后果可能是严重的。
• He has to appease his young brother.
  他不得不迁就他的弟弟。
• The government tried to appease discontented workers.
  政府试图安抚不满的工人们。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She knows herself and she doesn't compromise that to appease other people.
  她懂自己，她不妥协以取悦他人。
• He said he could eat an elephant to appease his hunger.
  他说他吃光一头大象才能充饥。
• I think it would appease my parents if I do so this summer.
  我想如果我今年夏天就开始考虑，父母一定会倍感宽慰。