appease
/əˈpiːz/verb
with obj.
1
- pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands（以满足某方面的要求来）抚慰; 平息：
amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups.
为平息当地压力集团的不满而作了修改。
2
- assuage or satisfy (a demand or a feeling)缓解（难受的感觉）; 满足（要求, 感觉）：
we give to charity because it appeases our guilt.
我们捐钱给慈善机构是因为这能减轻我们的负罪感。
派生词
appeasement
nounappeaser
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French apaisier, from a- （from Latin ad 'to， at'） + pais 'peace'.