释义 |
appeasinglyappease[ə'pi:z]- vt.
- 使镇静,使平静;使缓和,使息怒,平息(纷争、怒气等):
to appease the angry King painstakingly 竭力使国王息怒 - (以满足对方要求等让步方式)抚慰,安抚;姑息,绥靖:
Chamberlain tried to appease Hitler with Sudetenland at Munich. 张伯伦在慕尼黑企图牺牲苏台德地区来安抚希特勒。 - 对…的要求做出让步:
The wife appeased her husband and went back home. 妻子对她丈夫的要求做了让步,回家去了。 - 使(欲望、胃口等)得以满足,满足(好奇心、要求等),充(饥),解(渴),缓解(饥渴等):
Water appeases thirst. 水能解渴。 The fruit appeased his hunger. 他以果充饥。
- 近义词:
pacify
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