appease

US [əˈpiz]
UK [əˈpiːz]
  • v.安抚；抚慰；绥靖（满足另一国的要求以避免战争）
  • Web平息；缓和；姑息
Simple Present：appeases  Present Participle：appeasing  Past Tense：appeased  

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appease
v.
1.
~ sb
安抚；抚慰to make sb calmer or less angry by giving them what they want
The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
普遍认为，这一举措是试图安抚批评政权的人。
2.
~ sb/sth
绥靖（满足另一国的要求以避免战争）to give a country what it wants in order to avoid war

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Definition:
AllAll,安抚安抚,抚慰抚慰,绥靖绥靖,平息平息,缓和缓和,姑息姑息
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1.
"We did it just to appease the spirits, " she said. "It's human nature to be a bit perturbed in the presence of death. "
“只是为了安抚死者的灵魂，”她说，“在死亡面前感到不安是人之常情。”
" zhǐ shì wèi le ān fǔ sǐ zhě de líng hún , " tā shuō , " zài sǐ wáng miàn qián gǎn dào bù ān shì rén zhī cháng qíng 。 "
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2.
The lesson? It is often easier to appease a foreign government than to fight it in the global commons.
在全球共同财产中，通常迎合一个外国政府比与之抗争更容易。
zài quán qiú gòng tóng cái chǎn zhōng , tōng cháng yíng hé yī gè wài guó zhèng fǔ bǐ yǔ zhī kàng zhēng gèng róng yì 。
article.yeeyan.org
3.
At this point, the main motive is to appease the U. S. ' and other trading partners, she said.
目前，主要的目的是为了安抚美国和其他贸易伙伴。
mù qián , zhǔ yào de mù dì shì wèi le ān fǔ měi guó hé qí tā mào yì huǒ bàn 。
chinese.wsj.com
4.
In this distress, he began to appease the LORD, his God. He humbled himself abjectly before the God of his fathers.
默纳舍在这患难中，呼求了上主他的天主，在他祖先的天主前，大发谦卑。
mò nà shě zài zhè huàn nàn zhōng , hū qiú le shàng zhǔ tā de tiān zhǔ , zài tā zǔ xiān de tiān zhǔ qián , dà fā qiān bēi 。
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5.
Outgoing chairman Paul Skinner did not rule out a compromise deal to appease shareholders angry at being shut out from the fundraising.
卸任主席保罗.斯金纳不排除采取折衷的方法，来平息股东们因被排除在集资行动外而燃起的怒火。
xiè rèn zhǔ xí bǎo luó . sī jīn nà bù pái chú cǎi qǔ zhé zhōng de fāng fǎ , lái píng xī gǔ dōng men yīn bèi pái chú zài jí zī xíng dòng wài ér rán qǐ de nù huǒ 。
article.yeeyan.org
6.
He said he could eat an elephant to appease his hunger.
他说他吃光一头大象才能充饥。
tā shuō tā chī guāng yì tóu dà xiàng cái néng chōng jī 。
blog.hjenglish.com
7.
All day, the government had been flailing around for a response that might appease its angry people.
整整一天，政府已为应对周围挥舞可能安抚其愤怒的人们。
zhěng zhěng yī tiān , zhèng fǔ yǐ wèi yìng duì zhōu wéi huī wǔ kě néng ān fǔ qí fèn nù de rén men 。
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8.
Addressing the need to appease markets quickly, Monti said he would name his new cabinet 'with urgency. '
蒙蒂在谈到有必要迅速安抚市场时说，他将很快组建新的内阁。
méng dì zài tán dào yǒu bì yào xùn sù ān fǔ shì chǎng shí shuō , tā jiāng hěn kuài zǔ jiàn xīn de nèi gé 。
chinese.wsj.com
9.
Such a price would negate the need for the expensive hybrid debt Prudential was forced to put on the table to appease regulators.
这样一个价位将让保诚不必再被迫同时背负各项代价高昂的债务，以安抚监管部门。
zhè yàng yī gè jià wèi jiāng ràng bǎo chéng bú bì zài bèi pò tóng shí bēi fù gè xiàng dài jià gāo áng de zhài wù , yǐ ān fǔ jiān guǎn bù mén 。
www.ftchinese.com
10.
to appease kao ' s anger at the failed deal , the bank arranged for the kanebo directors to fall on their swords.
花王因并购失败而非常生气，为让花王息怒，这家银行安排嘉娜宝董事会“引咎自裁”。
huā wáng yīn bìng gòu shī bài ér fēi cháng shēng qì , wèi ràng huā wáng xī nù , zhè jiā yín háng ān pái jiā nà bǎo dǒng shì huì " yǐn jiù zì cái " 。
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