pacify

英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪ]

美 [ˈpæsɪfaɪ]

v.  使平静; 平息; 抚慰; 平息战争; 使实现和平

过去分词：pacified　现在分词：pacifying　过去式：pacified　第三人称单数：pacifies　

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Collins.1 / BNC.19225 / COCA.18896

牛津词典

verb

• 使平静；平息；抚慰
  to make sb who is angry or upset become calm and quiet
  1. The baby could not be pacified.
     怎么也止不住婴儿的哭声。
  2. The speech was designed to pacify the irate crowd.
     讲话的目的是安抚愤怒的群众。
• 平息战争；使实现和平
  to bring peace to an area where there is fighting or a war

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。

英英释义

verb

• fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
  1. The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia
• cause to be more favorably inclined
  1. She managed to mollify the angry customer
  Synonym:lenifyconciliateassuageappeasemollifyplacategentlegruntle

双语例句

• Many people now think the main point of the drills was to pacify the population-to give them the illusion that they had a chance of survival in a nuclear war.
  现在很多人认为这种演习的主要目的在于安抚人们&给他们一种幻觉，即在核战争中有机会生存。
• He tried to pacify the protesters with promises of reform.
  他试图以改革的承诺安抚抗议者。
• Tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions.
  倾向于或者有意于通过同意要求或者作出让步来平息、抚慰。
• Now, this decline is still far too small to pacify critics.
  就目前而言，这样的降幅还过于微小，不足以平息批评意见。
• They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
  当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。
• Dig into one's savings to pay debts He tried to pacify his creditors by repaying part of the money.
  动用一大部分存款来还债他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款。
• It was difficult for the police to pacify the angry crowd.
  警察很难平定愤怒的人群。
• I bought an ice cream to pacify my crying daughter.
  我买了个冰淇淋来抚慰哭泣的女儿。
• More troops were sent to pacify the area.
  又有部队派去平息那一地区的骚乱。
• It's easy to give children the bottle to pacify them, he said, but in terms of these two nutrients, there's no benefit in it.
  他说，家长喜欢拿奶瓶来安抚孩子。但是就这两种营养物质的吸收而言，奶瓶喂奶是没有益处的。