pacifying

英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ]

v.  使平静; 平息; 抚慰; 平息战争; 使实现和平
pacify的现在分词

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

• I pray you, answered the minister, if thou hast any means of pacifying the child, do it forthwith!
  我恳求你了，牧师回答说，如果你有什么办法能让这孩子安静下来，赶紧拿出来吧！
• The main contents of Guan Zhong 'legality thoughts consist of the concept that the law governs a country, the principle that both proprieties and laws are important, and the guideline that orders should conform to people's will and be pacifying and deterrent.
  以法治国的法制观念，礼法并重的法制原则，令顺民心、且怀且威的法制指导思想是构成管仲法制思想体系的主要内容。
• Stemmed from pacifying policy of Tang Dynasty, and further developed in Yuan and Qing Dynasties, China chieftain system gradually matured in Qing Dynasty.
  在唐代羁縻政策基础上演化而来的土司制度，经过元、明两代的发展，到清代已日臻完善。
• Criminal reconciliation not only breaks the traditional criminal system which was known by its mandatory and severity, but also helpful to pacifying social conflict and balancing the interests between the victims, perpetrator and the public.
  刑事和解打破了以强制性、严厉性著称的传统刑事诉讼制度，对于平抑社会冲突、实现被害人利益、犯罪人利益、公共利益三者之间的平衡保护具有特殊的价值。
• Heretofore, the way of great learning lay in ruling the country and pacifying the land; now ruling the country and pacifying the land lies in the way of the university, which in addition is wide and open.
  从前大学之道在治国平天下，现在治国平天下在大学之道，并且是条坦道大道。
• Think washing floors, scrubbing the grill, cutting the lawn, watering plants, changing cat litter, vacuuming the carpet& and, for good measure, pacifying the baby and entertaining the older children.
  想想看，那些清洁地板、擦洗烧烤架、修剪草坪、给植物浇水、换猫砂和吸地毯的家务活儿&更妙的是，还能哄哄小婴儿，逗逗大孩子。
• This spot is amazing soothing and pacifying in itself.
  这点是惊人的舒缓和安抚本身。
• The unusual gesture is likely to go a long way in pacifying the anger and frustrations of the thousands stranded across the country, CNN's Jaime Florcruz said.
  这种不寻常的姿态将会在相当长的一段时间内抚平被困者的愤怒和伤痛。CNNJaimeFlorcruz评论说。
• A flaming light, temperature is charming, we are in the world, pacifying each other. a bright future in on the road before us, happiness is the last ending.
  一盏燃烧的灯火。温度是迷人的，我们在人世里，彼此温暖抚慰。复杂过后的都会简单，明朗的前景就在来路。幸福是最终结局。
• Prince Charles was told by Queen Elizabeth to go ahead with the divorce and to stop pacifying his alcoholic wife, according to the July 14th print edition of Globe Magazine.
  据7月第14期的Globe杂志报道，女王伊丽莎白二世要求查尔斯王子着手离婚并停止安抚他酗酒的妻子。