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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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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You had better placate your parent's angry.
  你最好安抚你家人的怒气。
• 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。
• Watch for China to increase its capital flows to the emerging markets to placate critics.
  让我们等待中国增加对新兴市场的资金流动，以安抚批评者吧。
• 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。
• Accommodation failed to placate the critics and may have demoralized supporters of a strong defense.
  迁就没有能安抚批评者，而可能使强大防务的支持者灰心丧气。
• 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。