appeasement

英 [əˈpiːzmənt]

美 [əˈpiːzmənt]

n.  平息;安抚;绥靖

法律

BNC.22066 / COCA.19362

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 平息;安抚;绥靖
  Appeasementmeans giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
  1. He denied there is a policy of appeasement...
     他否认有绥靖政策存在。
  2. They have already been accused of appeasement by more militant organisations.
     已有更多的好战组织谴责他们采取姑息态度。

英英释义

noun

• the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
  Synonym:calming

双语例句

• Moscow hopes that Europe will eventually have to agree to appeasement and remove the sanctions.
  莫斯科希望，欧洲将最终不得不同意实施绥靖政策，并取消制裁。
• Since this falls short of immediate unilateral sanctions, many in the US will see it not as a measured escalation but as the continuation of appeasement by other means.
  由于这算不上直接单方面制裁，美国许多人不会认为这是一种有步骤的对抗升级，而是换种方式继续绥靖。
• It would allow the sharp-witted time to choose appeasement, defence or possibly even pre-emptive attack.
  这可以使他最紧急的时刻选择冷静下来，防守或甚至先发制人。
• We have an obligation to call this what it is-the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.
  我们有责任指出真相以正视听。这种自欺欺人的、貌似有理的绥靖政策已经一再被历史证明其荒谬之处。
• They have already been accused of appeasement by more militant organisations.
  已有更多的好战组织谴责他们采取姑息态度。
• He denied there is a policy of appeasement
  他否认有绥靖政策存在。
• Reason of British Appeasement Policy toward Germany between the Two World Wars
  两战期间英国对德绥靖政策原因的新视角
• Music is an appeasement to shattered nerves.
  音乐可抚慰受重创的神经。
• After taking umbrage at remarks George Bush made in Israel about appeasement, Mr Obama went on to argue that the threat from Iran was not of the same magnitude as that posed by the Soviet Union.
  乔治・布什在以色列发表演讲，认为同伊朗对话是”绥靖行为“，奥巴马对此表示抗议。奥巴马继续指出，伊朗的威胁同当年苏联的威胁不可同日而语。
• The truth is that China reneged, ignoring those who called for patience and vindicating those who said appeasement would fail.
  可事实是，中国食言了。它无视那些呼吁耐心的人，并由此证明那些认为绥靖策略会失败的人是对的。