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

• The proposition is that the world's superpower has a binary choice between aggression and appeasement in the conduct of foreign policy.
  人们的看法是，作为世界超级大国，美国在外交政策上有两种选择：或者咄咄逼人，或者息事宁人。
• In the appeasement of the glutton they have to practise much stimulation.
  因为要满足这个暴食者，她们不得不做许多伪装。
• 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。
• This is protectionism without the protection. Pure appeasement Politics: calculated and cynical.
  这是毫无保护作用的保护主义，是纯粹的绥靖政治：精心设计且犬儒主义。
• 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。
• Munich, the 1938 Hitler-Chamberlain meeting that now symbolizes the idea of appeasement ( Jonathan Alter)
  慕尼黑，1938年希特勒与张伯伦的会晤现已为绥靖主义的象征（乔纳森奥尔特）
• His newspapers were peddling the twin policies of appeasement and optimism.
  他的报纸在竭力兜售姑息与乐观的双重政策。
• He denied there is a policy of appeasement
  他否认有绥靖政策存在。
• The epitome of the policy of appeasement was the Munich agreement of 30 September 1938.
  这种绥靖政策的缩影是1938年9月30日的幕尼黑协定。
• The British and French premiers, once they had abandoned appeasement, appealed to the Kremlin to sign an alliance to contain Nazism.
  英法政府首脑一旦抛弃绥靖政策，就呼吁克里姆林宫签订盟约，以遏制纳粹主义。