placate

发音

英 [pləˈkeɪt]word uk audio image

美 [ˈpleɪkeɪt] word us audio image

  • 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.

enrage

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。

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