| 词汇 | appeasing |
| 释义 | appeasing present participle ofappease 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 appease appeasement attaché diplomatic diplomatic bag diplomatic corps diplomatic immunity diplomatic relations intermediary intermediation internationalist interventionism legation peacemaker plenipotentiary shuttle diplomacy undiplomatic undiplomatically You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making things better Calming and relaxing Related wordappeasement Examples of appeasingappeasing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Promoters and agents seem to accept this blame as part of their appeasing duty. The rearmament programme ironically reinforced this preference for maintaining the status quo and appeasing both business and labour. Governments were able to worry less about protecting themselves and could turn to appeasing powerful civilian interest groups. In several parts of the province, authorities hastily revoked it, without however succeeding in appeasing the rebels. But by arguing for the occasional need to make exceptions to the laws, the argument also goes some way toward appeasing the opposing radical position that opposes rhetoric. Is it the case that we are appeasing our conscience by having formulated such a resolution? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But they are only falsely appeasing their guilty conscience. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We cannot buy peace by appeasing an enemy at the expense of our friends. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What do we get by appeasing people who do not like us and betraying those who do? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Appeasing evil not only degrades any government or body that does it, but it also achieves nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the kind of feeling we are appeasing, because there is no economic, housing or education case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Far from appeasing the teachers, he has made matters considerably worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, if adequate and efficient home defence exists at a moment of crisis, the effect might well result in courageous rather than appeasing political decisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They paint a co-operative approach as an emollient or appeasing one and one which will not bring results. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has sought to present himself as being in an appeasing mood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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