appease

[ə'pi:z]

v. 安抚, 缓和, 平息, 姑息

vt.

1. 平息; 缓和; 抚慰

Nothing could appease the crying child.

什么都无法使孩子不哭。

2. 绥靖, 姑息; 对……让步

It was a blunder for them to try to appease the aggressor.

他们想姑息侵略者, 那是一个大错。

3. 满足

Can you appease the boy's curiosity?

你能满足这个男孩的好奇心吗?

词形变化

形容词: appeasable | 副词: appeasably | 名词: appeaser | 动词过去式: appeased | 动词过去分词: appeased | 动词现在分词: appeasing | 动词第三人称单数: appeases |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.平息, 缓和; 满足

calm  ease  quiet  allay  lessen  relieve  pacify  alleviate  restrain  moderate  satisfy  

同义参见:

lower  content  quell  silence  suffice  soften  

反义:

vt.平息; 缓和

anger  

反义参见:

bustle  rage  provoke  offend  irritate  

英英释义

动词 appease:

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

同义词：pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle

overcome or allay

同义词：quell, stay

make peace with

同义词：propitiate

补充

appeaseappease英:[əˈpi:z] 美:[əˈpiz]vt.1.使平息; 使满足He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭。

例句

1. The offer has not appeased separatists.这个提议未能平抚分裂主义分子。 2. 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。 3. The captain's attention was fully occupied for several long moments while he appeased his appetite.在大饱口福的时候, 船长在很长时间里一门心思都在眼前的食物上。 4. to appease the angry King painstakingly竭力使国王息怒 5. 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。 6. The wife appeased her husband and went back home.妻子对她丈夫的要求做了让步，回家去了。 7. Water appeases thirst.水能解渴。 8. The fruit appeased his hunger.他以果充饥。 9. amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups.为平息当地压力集团的不满而作了修改。 10. we give to charity because it appeases our guilt.我们捐钱给慈善机构因为这能减轻我们的负罪感。 11. They appeased the dictator by accepting his demands in an effort to avoid war.为避免战争，他们对独裁者采取绥靖政策，接受了他的要求。 12. "Efforts to appease [=pacify, placate] the angry protesters were unsuccessful."安抚愤怒抗议者的努力没能奏效。 13. His critics were not appeased by this last speech.这最后一次演讲没能安抚他的批评者们。 14. They made sacrifices to appease the gods.他们供奉祭品，求神息怒。 15. We had no way to appease our hunger.我们无法缓解饥饿。 16. She appeased [=eased] her guilty conscience by telling him the truth.她把事情真相告诉了他，内心的愧疚不安得以缓解。 17. the appeasement of a dictator对独裁者的绥靖 18. appeasement of hunger饥饿的缓解