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placate

美['pleɪkeɪt]  英[plə'keɪt]
v.  抚慰;平息;和解
  形容词:placatory  名词:placater  过去式:placated  过去分词:placated  现在分词:placating  第三人称单数:placates
  近义词:pacify,appease,mollify,conciliate,calmdown,soothe,harmonize,propitiate,intervene,calm,satisfy,soften,please,lenify,gruntle,assuage,gentle,enrage,

详细释义

v.(动词)
  1. 抚慰
  2. 怀柔
  3. (使)和解
  4. 得到谅解
  5. 平息(怒气)
  6. 安抚
  7. 使平静

英英释义

Verb
  1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;

    "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. His intent is clearly not to placate his critics.他的目的显然不是要安抚批评他的人。
  2. 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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