| 词汇 | appease |
| 释义 | appease verb[ T ] often disapprovinguk /əˈpiːz/ us /əˈpiːz/ to prevent further disagreement or fighting by letting the opposing side have something that they want: 平息;抚慰;绥靖;姑息 He was a crucial ally who the country needed to appease. They were given a small pay rise but this was not enough to appease them. She claimed that the government had only changed the law in order to appease their critics.她称政府修改法律仅仅是为了安抚那些批评政府的人。 Synonyms pacify placate propitiateformal to get rid of unpleasant feelings or make them less strong: We try to appease our guilty consciences by making donations to charity. His resignation did little to appease public anger. Synonym assuage The company was forced to make concessions in order to appease regulators. He was easily appeased when she reassured him she was not leaving. Can it ever be right to appease a dictator? She was trying to appease the guilt she felt at inheriting so much money. Rather than appeasing their hatred, his comments only intensified the attacks. International relations: diplomacy & mediation ambassador ambassadorial appeasement attaché bargaining chip diplomatic bag diplomatic corps diplomatic immunity diplomatic relations intercede intermediation internationalist interventionism legation mediate plenipotentiary shuttle diplomacy the diplomatic service undiplomatic undiplomatically You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making things better Calming and relaxing Related wordappeasement appease | American Dictionaryappease verb[ T ] us/əˈpiz/ (in arguments or war) to prevent further disagreement by giving to the other side something that they have demanded: They questioned whether, in his desire to appease the conservatives in his own party, the president was selling out to them. Examples of appeaseappease Where the moderates coaxed, appeased and conciliated, the radicals preferred to cajole, to threaten and to force. Which package of policies the government chooses to appease the various coalition members and to buy off veto-players could vary. The very fact that he tried to appease nationalist opposition by speaking its language is itself indicative of the constraints on him. Usually bliss occurs when desires are temporarily appeased and the common mental diffuseness is forgotten. The new legislation was conceived as a political compromise to appease two strongly opposed forces: reformists and the old guard. Nonetheless, his intent was to control and appease the oppressive thoughts of death without inviting death itself. The new treaty appeased both the agrarian lobby and heavy industry as well as export-orientated light industry. For a long time the sea howls and the river replies, but little by little, the winds are appeased and the sea is calmed. The appalling realities of child labour were sublimated into an ideal that would appease the audience. These colonists feared the earth spirits of the new land and tried to appease them by giving them offerings and by treating them with respect. The state set out to appease women rather than to provoke them. By doing this, the local communities and the local authorities, who are constantly haunted by dreams of access to forestry ' royalties ', could be politically appeased. These examples show how courts find it difficult to disregard localism and apply universalism, and thus use their discretion to appease localism. The rearmament programme ironically reinforced this preference for maintaining the status quo and appeasing both business and labour. The polysemic coding of the word 'family' works to appease different target audiences. 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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