单词 | appease |
释义 | appease[ə'pi:z]vt.1.■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2.■(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。3.■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。4.■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变形vt.appeasedappeasing |
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