placate

英 [pləˈkeɪt]

美 [ˈpleɪkeɪt]

v. 安抚; 平息(怒气)

现在分词：placating　过去分词：placated　过去式：placated　第三人称单数：placates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14004 / COCA.16057

牛津词典

verb

安抚；平息（怒气）
to make sb feel less angry about sth
1. a placating smile
  表示和解的微笑
2. The concessions did little to placate the students.
  让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

柯林斯词典

VERB 安抚；抚慰
If youplacatesomeone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry.
1. He smiled, trying to placate me...
  他微笑着，想要安抚我。
2. 'I didn't mean to upset you,' Agnew said in a placating voice.
  阿格纽用抚慰的语气说：“我不是有意让你不高兴。”

英英释义

verb

cause to be more favorably inclined
1. She managed to mollify the angry customer
Synonym:pacifylenifyconciliateassuageappeasemollifygentlegruntle

双语例句

You had better placate your parent's angry.
你最好安抚你家人的怒气。
In a bid to placate airbus, the British government this week announced it would finance research into new computer-modelling techniques at several British universities, to help Airbus speed up product development by as much as90%.
为了安抚空客，英国政府在本周宣布将对数所英国大学进行的电脑建模技术的研究提供资金，以协助空客将产品开发速度提高90%。
'I didn't mean to upset you,' Agnew said in a placating voice.
阿格纽用抚慰的语气说：“我不是有意让你不高兴。”
Placate the labour unions on Trade and get them to support Mr Obama on healthcare.
在贸易问题上安抚工会，以便让他们支持奥巴马的医改方案。
Accommodation failed to placate the critics and may have demoralized supporters of a strong defense.
迁就没有能安抚批评者，而可能使强大防务的支持者灰心丧气。
Lenders may be harder to placate than diplomats.
放贷者可能会比外交家更难安抚。
So a sincere and friendly attempt to placate your nemesis may strike him or her as a pleasant surprise.
所以如果以诚意和善意去安抚抱怨者，对他/她来说会是个意外之喜。
He also tried to placate some of the non-brics by offering a new term: the "N-11", or next eleven nations on the list to emerge as powers.
他还提出一个新词来安抚一些非金砖四国国家，这个词就是“n-11”，即接下来将成为强国的11个国家。
He smiled, trying to placate me
他微笑着，想要安抚我。
Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.
服装和面具也穿在节日，企图模仿邪灵或安抚他们。