placate
发音
英 [pləˈkeɪt]
美 [ˈpleɪkeɪt]
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- vt.
- 安抚,抚慰,使平静
- 使和解,平息
单词词源
placate 安抚,抚慰
来自拉丁语placate,安抚,取悦,来自PIE*plak,平的,来自PIE*pele,放平,展开,词源同please,place.词义由放平引申为放低身段,安抚等。
反义词
vt.
双语例句
- 1. One reason is that it wants to placate regulators .
- 一个原因是,它希望安抚监管机构。
- 2. Last year , it agreed to remove some foreign-language links on its china homepage to placate chinese officials .
- 为安抚中国官员,去年谷歌同意删除其中国网站主页上的一些链接。
- 3. China 's trade surplus narrowed in september but the moderation is unlikely to placate external critics .
- 中国贸易顺差9月份缩小,但其幅度不太可能平息外部抨击。
- 4. A suspension may not placate the vociferous opposition parties , which have said they want a full rollback of the retail decision .
- 搁置改革可能还是无法安抚吵吵嚷嚷的反对党,因为他们曾说,希望政府全面取消零售行业的改革决定。
- 5. The collateral option appears designed to placate voters in richer , stronger countries who are chafing at spending more money on their profligate southern neighbors .
- 让希腊提供抵押似乎是为了安抚那些更富强国家的选民,他们对于要给挥霍无度的南部邻国花更多钱感到生气。