placate

Word family nounplacationverbplacateadjectiveplacatory

pla·cate /pləˈkeɪt $ ˈpleɪkeɪt/ verb [transitiveT] formal

ANGRYto make someone stop feeling angry 使息怒，使平静；安抚，抚慰 SYN appease OPP rile

These changes did little to placate the unions.

这些变革对于工会没有起到多少安抚作用。

—placatory /pləˈkeɪtəri, ˈplækətəri $ ˈpleɪkətɔːri/ adjectiveadj

a placatory smile

抚慰的微笑

Examples from the Corpus

placate• Rory reflected gloomily as Candy sat down again, her momentary anger placated.• Their manager has no doubt reached the point where he feels the fans must be placated.• The noise control law could placate airport neighbors, who oppose growth because of the noise.• Her brooding sense of unease wouldn't be placated by his explanation.• Maybe by the time I was born, my parents had no need to pretend unhappiness to placate jealous spirits.• He used laughter as a way of placating persecution in advance.• And so Labour went into the election on a fudged policy designed more to placate Roy Hattersley than to win over voters.• Herrera endeavored to placate the opposition by making preliminary defense preparations and by sending additional forces to the Rio Grande.

Origin placate

(1600-1700) Latin past participle of placare

单词	placate
释义	placate Word family nounplacationverbplacateadjectiveplacatory pla·cate /pləˈkeɪt $ ˈpleɪkeɪt/ verb [transitiveT] formal ANGRYto make someone stop feeling angry 使息怒，使平静；安抚，抚慰 SYN appease OPP rile These changes did little to placate the unions. 这些变革对于工会没有起到多少安抚作用。 —placatory /pləˈkeɪtəri, ˈplækətəri $ ˈpleɪkətɔːri/ adjectiveadj a placatory smile 抚慰的微笑 Examples from the Corpus placate• Rory reflected gloomily as Candy sat down again, her momentary anger placated.• Their manager has no doubt reached the point where he feels the fans must be placated.• The noise control law could placate airport neighbors, who oppose growth because of the noise.• Her brooding sense of unease wouldn't be placated by his explanation.• Maybe by the time I was born, my parents had no need to pretend unhappiness to placate jealous spirits.• He used laughter as a way of placating persecution in advance.• And so Labour went into the election on a fudged policy designed more to placate Roy Hattersley than to win over voters.• Herrera endeavored to placate the opposition by making preliminary defense preparations and by sending additional forces to the Rio Grande. Origin placate (1600-1700) Latin past participle of placare
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