| 词汇 | placated |
| 释义 | placated past simple and past participle ofplacate placate verb[ T ] uk /pləˈkeɪt/ us /ˈpleɪ.keɪt/ to stop someone from feeling angry: 平息，安抚 Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements.许诺今后进行改善无法安抚愤怒的少数民族团体。 Synonyms appeaseoften disapproving assuageformal conciliate mollify pacify to become calm or make someone calm calm downDad was really angry and it was a long time before he calmed down. calmHe calmed the crying baby. settle downChildren, settle down and take your seats! simmer downOkay, simmer down - no one's trying to upset you. cool down/offWhy don't you go for a walk and cool off? chill outMum, chill out! I'll be home before midnight, I promise! Calming and relaxing appease assuage balls-to-the-wall bask bread chill compose let/blow off steamidiom lie down lighten something up lull lull someone into something melt relaxation self-soothe settle settle down shirt simmer simmer down Examples of placatedplacated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Secondly, to avoid conflict, carers placated the person with dementia and gave in to them, even if it delayed the completion of a task. Above all else, its shareholders must be placated and its share price upheld. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The racialists in this country will not be placated; all they will do will be to step up their campaign of hate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These interests have been placated, and now they are left only with this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are women to be placated by this plethora of platitudes over the last 30 years? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I recognise that sometimes the spirit of nationalism must be placated in order eventually that democracy may be attained. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Attempting to please everybody results in the majority tending always to lose out, no matter what its members think, so that the minority is placated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems that every sectional interest which has made itself vociferous enough has been placated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The experiment has taken place, and my misgivings have not been placated but rather intensified as a result. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As has already been said, the white lobby has been placated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, certain people were placated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that industry was largely placated by the suggestion of the period of three months' notice which would be required to submit bylaws for confirmation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second party had equally to be placated, and so an appeal was made to the officer to give some protection to the villagers against that kind of incident. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This has been represented as either rebels who did not have the guts to rebel or who, having had the guts to rebel, were fairly easily placated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He impeded the legions from declaring him emperor and at the same time placated the mutinying legions through generous concessions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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