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单词 pacify
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pacify
pæsɪfaɪ ˈpæsəˌfaɪ
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense pacifies, present participle pacifying, past tense , past participle pacified
1 VERB 安抚;抚慰;使平静 If you pacify someone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased. 安抚;抚慰;使平静
  • Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?. [VERB noun]

    这一措施是来真的?还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士?

  • She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified. [VERB noun]

    她又尖叫了,无法使她平静下来。

SYN calm (down), appease, placate, still
2 VERB 平定;平息;镇压 If the army or the police pacify a group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests. 平定;平息;镇压
  • Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels. [VERB noun]

    政府军发现难以平定叛军。

  • They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police. [VERB noun]

    当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。

SYN quell, silence, crush, put down
pacification
  • ...the pacification of the country.

    对国家的平定

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