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
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- a placating smile
表示和解的微笑 - The concessions did little to placate the students.
让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
- a placating smile
柯林斯词典
- VERB 安抚;抚慰
If youplacatesomeone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry.- He smiled, trying to placate me...
他微笑着,想要安抚我。 - '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。”
- He smiled, trying to placate me...
英英释义
verb
- cause to be more favorably inclined
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
双语例句
- The tax will placate local government demands for a share in local resources.
此税将安抚当地政府为达到当地资源分享的要求。 - He never attempt to placate his enemy.
他从不企图与敌人和解。 - The letter made him furious, and it took some time to placate him.
那封信使他很生气,花了好长时间才使他平静下来。 - He hoped really to placate Butler in part by generous attitude throughout this procedure.
他实在希望通过这件事以他大方的态度使巴特勒缓和一些。 - Evra concedes that Owen's strike was vital not only for the points and to placate manager Sir Alex Ferguson, but also to deal City's cash-powered revolution an early setback.
埃弗拉认为欧文的射门不仅帮曼联取得了分数,也帮了经理弗格森的大忙。也让曼城的金钱革命一开始就遭遇了挫折。 - It's no use trying to placate him, he's furious.
他正在气头上,你劝他也无济于事。 - A move of this nature certainly would placate the Lakers 'disgruntled star, Kobe Bryant.
这样的举动当然会安抚一下科比寂寞的心。 - A breakthrough in either area could be enough to placate shareholders and prevent Microsoft returning at a later date.
无论在哪个领域取得突破,可能都足以安抚股东情绪,防止微软日后卷土重来。 - You had better placate your parent's angry.
你最好安抚你家人的怒气。 - 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。