appease
英 [ə'piːz]
美 [ə'piz]
vt. 使平息；使滿足；使和緩；對…讓步
v.(動詞)appease的基本意思是“平息”,指平息怒氣、平息紛爭等或以滿足對方要求等讓步方式來撫慰某人,使其停止做某事。引申可指緩解饑渴,使人的胃口或欲望等得到滿足等。appease隻用作及物動詞,後可接名詞或代詞作賓語; appease可用於被動結構。
中文詞源：
appease 安撫
前綴ap-同ad-. -pease, 同peace, 和平。即安撫，使和平。
例句：
1. The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
2. He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.
他試圖給那個啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭.
3. Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate.
一些人指責甘地試圖安撫兩派選民。
4. The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
普遍認為，這一舉措是試圖安撫批評政權的人。
5. The government tried to appease discontented workers.
政府試圖安撫不滿的工人們。
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