pacify
英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪ]
美 [ˈpæsɪfaɪ]
v. 使平静; 平息; 抚慰; 平息战争; 使实现和平
过去分词:pacified 现在分词:pacifying 过去式:pacified 第三人称单数:pacifies
Collins.1 / BNC.19225 / COCA.18896
牛津词典
verb
- 使平静;平息;抚慰
to make sb who is angry or upset become calm and quiet- The baby could not be pacified.
怎么也止不住婴儿的哭声。 - The speech was designed to pacify the irate crowd.
讲话的目的是安抚愤怒的群众。
- The baby could not be pacified.
- 平息战争;使实现和平
to bring peace to an area where there is fighting or a war
柯林斯词典
- VERB 安抚;抚慰;使平静
If youpacifysomeone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased.- Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...
这一措施是来真的?还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士? - She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
她又尖叫了,无法使她平静下来。
- Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...
- VERB 平定;平息;镇压
If the army or the policepacifya group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests.- Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...
政府军发现难以平定叛军。 - They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。
- Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...
英英释义
verb
- fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
- The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia
- cause to be more favorably inclined
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
双语例句
- Pacify possibly to know Tom's address.
安可能知道汤姆地址。 - Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?
这一措施是来真的?还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士? - But to pacify China's US critics, it needs to yield tangible results soon.
但是,要安抚批评中国的美国人士,需要很快拿出切实成果。 - She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
她又尖叫了,无法使她平静下来。 - She knew that he had become delirious, and tried to pacify him.
她知道他已经神志昏迷起来了,极力想使他镇静下来。 - Were you telling the truth or were you trying to pacify me?
你说的是实话还是在安慰我? - I bought an ice cream to pacify my crying daughter.
我买了个冰淇淋来抚慰哭泣的女儿。 - Many people now think the main point of the drills was to pacify the population-to give them the illusion that they had a chance of survival in a nuclear war.
现在很多人认为这种演习的主要目的在于安抚人们&给他们一种幻觉,即在核战争中有机会生存。 - Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels
政府军发现难以平定叛军。 - He tried to pacify his creditor by repay part of the money.
他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款。