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
- 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。 - If there are any signs of changes in the right direction occurring, I think that will be enough to placate the American people.
如果出现任何迹象，显示我们在向好的方向作出改变，我想这就足以安抚美国民众。 - 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。 - Now Mr Tsang will have to come up with an electoral plan for the coming years that will placate public impatience but not alarm China.
现在摆在曾先生面前的问题是如何制定来年的选举计划既能安抚民众的急躁情绪但又不会让中央不高兴。 - 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。 - Lenders may be harder to placate than diplomats.
放贷者可能会比外交家更难安抚。 - 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。 - To placate the Parliament and the opposition, the government raised the bar for citizenship. Strict due diligence standards were set to weed out money launderers and criminals.
为了安抚议会和反对派，政府提高了获得公民身份的门槛，设定了严格的尽职调查标准，以剔除洗钱者和犯罪分子。 - Nobody would tell her the truth, they were all too anxious to placate and to soothe.
谁也不愿告诉她事实真相，他们都急于安慰她。 - '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。”