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placate

US [ˈpleɪkeɪt]
UK [pləˈkeɪt]
  • v.安抚；平息（怒气）
  • Web抚慰；使和解；怀柔
Simple Present：placates  Present Participle：placating  Past Tense：placated  

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placate
v.
1.
~ sb
安抚；平息（怒气）to make sb feel less angry about sth
a placating smile
安抚的微笑
The concessions did little to placate the students.
让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

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AllAll,安抚安抚,平息平息,抚慰抚慰,使和解使和解,怀柔怀柔
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1.
But on the streets of Athens, there is a sense that this latest effort to placate Greece's lenders may be a last straw for the public.
但是，从雅典街头的气氛看来，这个取悦贷款人的最新举措可能会成为压垮公众的最后一根稻草。
dàn shì , cóng yǎ diǎn jiē tóu de qì fēn kàn lái , zhè ge qǔ yuè dài kuǎn rén de zuì xīn jǔ cuò kě néng huì chéng wéi yā kuǎ gōng zhòng de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo 。
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2.
In fact Pakistan's new president, Asif Zardari, has been going out of his way-and courting controversy at home-to placate India.
实际上巴基斯坦的新总统扎尔达里已经竭尽所能的与印度达成和解，但此举却在巴国内引发了论战；
shí jì shang bā jī sī tǎn de xīn zǒng tǒng zhā ěr dá lǐ yǐ jīng jié jìn suǒ néng de yǔ yìn dù dá chéng hé jiě , dàn cǐ jǔ què zài bā guó nèi yǐn fā le lùn zhàn ;
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3.
Accommodation failed to placate the critics and may have demoralized supporters of a strong defense.
迁就没有能安抚批评者，而可能使强大防务的支持者灰心丧气。
qiān jiù méi yǒu néng ān fǔ pī píng zhě , ér kě néng shǐ qiáng dà fáng wù de zhī chí zhě huī xīn sàng qì 。
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4.
The various accounting bodies are trying to placate the politicians while avoiding watering down standards too much.
各家会计事务所正在一面尽力使政客们安心，同时避免过度降低标准。
gè jiā kuài jì shì wù suǒ zhèng zài yí miàn jìn lì shǐ zhèng kè men ān xīn , tóng shí bì miǎn guò dù jiàng dī biāo zhǔn 。
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5.
But all that failed to placate the crowds, who finally got what they wanted later in the day: a Tunisia sans Ben Ali.
但所有这一切终究没能将人群安抚下来。突尼斯人最终在当天得到了他们想要的结局：赶走本·阿里。
dàn suǒ yǒu zhè yí qiè zhōng jiū méi néng jiāng rén qún ān fǔ xià lái 。 tū ní sī rén zuì zhōng zài dāng tiān dé dào le tā men xiǎng yào de jié jú : gǎn zǒu běn · ā lǐ 。
dongxi.net
6.
It also foists a stark choice on the Kremlin: to stifle dissent, or to placate protesters to provide some kind of pressure outlet.
它也给克里姆林宫提出了一个艰难的选择：是打击异见人士，还是安抚抗议者、给人们提供一些释放压力的出口。
tā yě gěi kè lǐ mǔ lín gōng tí chū le yī gè jiān nán de xuǎn zé : shì dǎ jī yì jiàn rén shì , hái shì ān fǔ kàng yì zhě 、 gěi rén men tí gōng yì xiē shì fàng yā lì de chū kǒu 。
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Being able to placate the surviving population and keep them subservient to a federal system would then involve plenty of handy oil and gas.
要抚慰幸存的公众，让他们服从联邦制度，就得有大量随手可得的石油和汽油。
yào fǔ wèi xìng cún de gōng zhòng , ràng tā men fú cóng lián bāng zhì dù , jiù de yǒu dà liàng suí shǒu kě dé de shí yóu hé qì yóu 。
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But even though the military is widely popular with the public, there was no sign that the government shakeup would placate protesters.
但是即使军队很受群众的欢迎，担保没有迹象表明政府会有安抚抗议者的举动，而这些抗议者已经开始举出反对Suleiman的标语。
dàn shì jí shǐ jūn duì hěn shòu qún zhòng de huān yíng , dān bǎo méi yǒu jì xiàng biǎo míng zhèng fǔ huì yǒu ān fǔ kàng yì zhě de jǔ dòng , ér zhè xiē kàng yì zhě yǐ jīng kāi shǐ jǔ chū fǎn duì Suleiman de biāo yǔ 。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
But the White House sees any conspicuous efforts to placate Jackson as dangerous to its efforts to win back disaffected white moderates.
但是白宫认为任何大张旗鼓安抚杰克逊的举措都不利于挽回那些对政府不满的白人温和派的心。
dàn shì bái gōng rèn wéi rèn hé dà zhāng qí gǔ ān fǔ jié kè xùn de jǔ cuò dōu bù lì yú wǎn huí nà xiē duì zhèng fǔ bù mǎn de bái rén wēn hé pài de xīn 。
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10.
The talks aren't all about a weakling US trying to placate the powerful landlord from Beijing.
这些对话并不仅仅是一个正在衰落的美国试图安抚来自北京的阔佬。
zhè xiē duì huà bìng bù jǐn jǐn shì yī gè zhèng zài shuāi luò de měi guó shì tú ān fǔ lái zì běi jīng de kuò lǎo 。
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