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appease ☞appeasev. [ǝ′pɪːz] (appeases; appeased; appeasing)
双解释义 vt. 使平息;使满足 make calm or satisfy 基本要点 1. appease的基本意思是“平息”,指平息怒气、平息纷争等或以满足对方要求等让步方式来抚慰某人,使其停止做某事。引申可指缓解饥渴,使人的胃口或欲望等得到满足等。2. appease只用作及物动词,后可接名词或代词作宾语;appease可用于被动结构。词汇搭配 ~+名词 ~ sb's anger 平息某人的怒气 ~ sb's hunger 使某人充饥 ~ thirst 解渴句型例句 用作及物动词 ▲ S+~+n./pron. He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy. 他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭。 Water appeases thirst. 水能解渴。 The boy appeased his father and went back home. 男孩听了父亲的话回家去了。◇ 用于be ~ed结构 Her stomach is appeased. 她的肚子饱了。补充资料 [派生词] appeasement n.平息;缓解;姑息 [同义词] pacify, soothe [反义词] anger, aggravate, exasperate |