单词
appease
读音
əˈpiːz
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词根
"Appease" 来自于拉丁语 "ad-" 和 "pacare"，其中 "ad-" 表示 "to"，"pacare" 是 "make peaceful" 的意思。所以 "appease" 原意就是 "to make peaceful"。
释义
v. 使平息；使满足；使和缓；对……让步；安抚，安慰；绥靖；缓解（难受的感觉）；姑息 [ 第三人称单数 appeases 现在分词 appeasing 过去式 appeased 过去分词 appeased ]
例句
The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
普遍认为，这一举措是试图安抚批评政权的人。
Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate.
甘地被一些人指责试图对两派选民都加以姑息。
Or is it simply a move to appease its critics?
或者说此举只是为了平息对它的批评？
The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
普遍认为，这一举措是试图安抚批评政权的人。
Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate.
甘地被一些人指责试图对两派选民都加以姑息。
Or is it simply a move to appease its critics?
或者说此举只是为了平息对它的批评？
强化记忆
你可以联想一个场景：如果一个小孩子在哭闹，你可能会给它糖果来"安抚"它，这就是 "appease" 的意思。记住 "a piece of candy can appease a crying child." 就能辅助记忆。"Appease" 这个词来自于14世纪的法语 "apaisier"，它的组成部分 "a-" 和 "pais" 分别是 "to" 和 "peace" 的意思，所以直译是 "to peace" 或 "to make peaceful"。
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So I did. I moved out at the end of the semester.But it wasn't to appease them.It was out of respect for myself.
on one side, he displays a mottled skin patternresembling that of a female to appease the competitor.On the other, he flashes a shimmering courtship display at the female
Let’s take stock of what we know.A quantity of pearls that can appease the sea monstersmust be divisible by 7, 11, and 13.
Good intentions and conventional formulas,so often used to appease our conscience, are not enough.Let us help each other, all together, to remember
the goddess of war and wisdom,and prayed for the power to appease the mighty animal.When Bellerophon woke, he found a magical golden bridle,
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