placate
/pləˈkeɪt/verb
with obj.
- make (someone) less angry or hostile平息; 安抚, 抚慰：
they attempted to placate the students with promises.
他们试图以许诺来安抚学生。
派生词
placatingly
adverbplacation
nounplacatory
adjective词源
late 17th cent.: from Latin placat- 'appeased'， from the verb placare.