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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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 smiled, trying to placate me
他微笑着,想要安抚我。