pacify

英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪ]

美 [ˈpæsɪfaɪ]

v.  使平静; 平息; 抚慰; 平息战争; 使实现和平

过去分词：pacified　现在分词：pacifying　过去式：pacified　第三人称单数：pacifies　

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Collins.1 / BNC.19225 / COCA.18896

牛津词典

verb

• 使平静；平息；抚慰
  to make sb who is angry or upset become calm and quiet
  1. The baby could not be pacified.
     怎么也止不住婴儿的哭声。
  2. The speech was designed to pacify the irate crowd.
     讲话的目的是安抚愤怒的群众。
• 平息战争；使实现和平
  to bring peace to an area where there is fighting or a war

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。

英英释义

verb

• fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
  1. The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia
• cause to be more favorably inclined
  1. She managed to mollify the angry customer
  Synonym:lenifyconciliateassuageappeasemollifyplacategentlegruntle

双语例句

• They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
  当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。
• Purple on the eyes, ears and pacify the nervous system will play a role, but it may also suppress people's emotions, especially anger.
  紫色对眼睛、耳朵和神经系统都会起一个安抚作用，但它也可能会压抑人的情感特别是愤怒。
• To pacify her, I held the casement ajar a few seconds.
  为了使她平静下来，我就将窗子打开了几秒钟。
• It was difficult for the police to pacify the angry crowd.
  警察很难平定愤怒的人群。
• 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？
• She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
  她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
• She knew that he had become delirious, and tried to pacify him.
  她知道他已经神志昏迷起来了，极力想使他镇静下来。
• Attempts to pacify the country have so far failed.
  缓解这个国家的矛盾的种种尝试到目前为止都失败了。
• Dolls are used to pacify crying babies.
  娃娃是用来安抚啼哭的婴儿。
• Now, this decline is still far too small to pacify critics.
  就目前而言，这样的降幅还过于微小，不足以平息批评意见。