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
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- The baby could not be pacified.
怎么也止不住婴儿的哭声。 - The speech was designed to pacify the irate crowd.
讲话的目的是安抚愤怒的群众。
- The baby could not be pacified.
- 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.- 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? - She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
她又尖叫了,无法使她平静下来。
- Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...
- 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.- Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...
政府军发现难以平定叛军。 - They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。
- Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...
英英释义
verb
- fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
- The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia
- cause to be more favorably inclined
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
双语例句
- 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。 - Purple on the eyes, ears and pacify the nervous system will play a role, but it may also suppress people's emotions, especially anger.
紫色对眼睛、耳朵和神经系统都会起一个安抚作用,但它也可能会压抑人的情感特别是愤怒。 - It has been used to pacify people suffering from mental disorders.
它一直被用作安抚精神失调病人的情绪。 - Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels
政府军发现难以平定叛军。 - But to pacify China's US critics, it needs to yield tangible results soon.
但是,要安抚批评中国的美国人士,需要很快拿出切实成果。 - He tried to pacify his creditor by repay part of the money.
他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款。 - Like an infant learning how to pacify himself, you should learn to give yourself credit instead of looking to others to give you the confidence, the self-esteem, the self-respect, Klaus says.
克劳斯说:就像婴儿学习如何让自己平静下来,人们应当学会如何相信自己,而不是等他人给你信心和自尊。 - 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。 - 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。 - Attempts to pacify the region have failed.
控制本地区的企图失败了。