pacified

英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈpæsɪfaɪd]

v.  使平静; 平息; 抚慰; 平息战争; 使实现和平
pacify的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 安抚；抚慰；使平静
  If youpacifysomeone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased.
  1. Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...
     这一措施是来真的？还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士？
  2. She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
     她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
• VERB 平定；平息；镇压
  If the army or the policepacifya group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests.
  1. Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...
     政府军发现难以平定叛军。
  2. They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
     当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。

双语例句

• The statement pacified some Americans 'concerns in the past couple of years that China is eating America's lunch, but it triggered a fierce debate.
  这一言论平息了一些美国人在过去几年对中国正在吃掉美国人的午餐的担忧，但这也引发了一场激烈的讨论。
• He knows that all those sensations will be pacified with the dissolution of the body, just as the flame of a lamp goes out when oil and wick give out.
  他知道，所有这些感觉会因为身体的解体而变得安静，就像是一盏灯的火焰，当油和灯芯拔出去时就熄灭了。
• Just in case some are still lively, bees can be pacified with a few puffs of smoke blown into each hive's narrow entrance.
  不过万一一些还醒着，蜜蜂能通过往每个狭窄入口吹烟的方式安静下来。
• The Defenders of this Realm have worked well in secret and in the open. They think that they have pacified Ireland.
  这个王国的卫士或秘密或公开地双管齐下，满以为已经平息了爱尔兰。
• Can be pacified or satisfied.
  可以被安抚或能使之感到满意。
• They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
  当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。
• He pacified his conscience by promising himself he would start work tomorrow.
  他答应自己明天开始工作，借以使良心得到安宁。
• German anxieties might be pacified were Mr Weber to succeed Mr Trichet when he steps down next year.
  如果明年特里谢先生卸任后，韦伯先生可以接任的话，这或许可以消除德国人民的焦虑和愤怒。
• She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
  她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
• This promise poorly pacified her: but time was more potent;
  这个诺言很难使她平静下来；但是时间却更有力；