pacified

英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈpæsɪfaɪd]

v. 使平静; 平息; 抚慰; 平息战争; 使实现和平
pacify的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

VERB 安抚；抚慰；使平静
If youpacifysomeone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased.
1. Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...
  这一措施是来真的？还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士？
2. She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
  她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
VERB 平定；平息；镇压
If the army or the policepacifya group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests.
1. Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...
  政府军发现难以平定叛军。
2. They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
  当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。

双语例句

In a press release, Samsung said the "furious growth spurt seen in the global smartphone market last year is expected to be pacified by intensifying price competition compounded by a slew of new products."
三星在新闻稿中称：“去年全球智能手机市场经历了爆炸式增长，但随着新产品不断上市和价格竞争加剧，今年智能手机增速将会放缓。”
The Defenders of this Realm have worked well in secret and in the open. They think that they have pacified Ireland.
这个王国的卫士或秘密或公开地双管齐下，满以为已经平息了爱尔兰。
He knows that all those sensations will be pacified with the dissolution of the body, just as the flame of a lamp goes out when oil and wick give out.
他知道，所有这些感觉会因为身体的解体而变得安静，就像是一盏灯的火焰，当油和灯芯拔出去时就熄灭了。
Just in case some are still lively, bees can be pacified with a few puffs of smoke blown into each hive's narrow entrance.
不过万一一些还醒着，蜜蜂能通过往每个狭窄入口吹烟的方式安静下来。
He pacified his conscience by promising himself he would start work tomorrow.
他答应自己明天开始工作，借以使良心得到安宁。
The baby could not be pacified.
婴儿怎么也不能平静下来。
And comfort him, hug him. He then will be pacified. But if you both get angry, even God cannot do anything good!
安慰他一下，抱一抱他就消气了，如果两个一起生气的话，上帝也挡不了！
He pacified his crying child by cuddling her.
他抱起哭泣的孩子抚慰她。
We pacified him, and the carpenter, though washed away twice from there, managed to repair the door.
我们设法让他平静下来，而木工尽管被海水冲走过两次，但还是努力把门修好。
She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。