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
- 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。 - 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。 - In a bid to placate airbus, the British government this week announced it would finance research into new computer-modelling techniques at several British universities, to help Airbus speed up product development by as much as90%.
为了安抚空客，英国政府在本周宣布将对数所英国大学进行的电脑建模技术的研究提供资金，以协助空客将产品开发速度提高90%。 - 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。 - He never attempt to placate his enemy.
他从不企图与敌人和解。 - '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。” - 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。 - 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.
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