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

• 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 think China is doing this because dogs are becoming increasingly popular pets in China among its wealthier citizens and this planned ban is a great way to placate them.
  我认为中国这么做是因为养狗作为宠物在较富裕的国民中慢慢流行开来，这个计划中的禁令是为了讨好这些人。
• 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。
• 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。
• '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。”
• 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。
• He never attempt to placate his enemy.
  他从不企图与敌人和解。
• Lenders may be harder to placate than diplomats.
  放贷者可能会比外交家更难安抚。
• 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。
• 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。