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pla·cate 英ˈpleɪˌkeɪt, ˈplækˌeɪt美ˈpleˌket, ˈplækˌetAHDplāʹkāt', plăkʹāt' ★☆☆☆☆高四ＧＩＳＴ宝COCA²⁶⁰¹²BNC²⁶⁶⁷⁶iWeb²⁵⁹⁷⁶Economist⁸⁵⁹⁵
基本英英词源记法近义反义例句Thesaurus例句
v.抚慰⁵⁷;平息²⁸;和解¹⁵形容词placatory名词placater过去分词placated现在分词placating三单placates
协商和谐安慰鼓励缓和
Verb:
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;She managed to mollify the angry customer 来自拉丁语placate,安抚，取悦，来自PIE*plak,平的，来自PIE*pele,放平，展开，词源同please,place.词义由放平引申为放低身段，安抚等。GRE红宝书plac平静, ate－使平静－平息怒火
将l去掉是pacify 平静；please 满足的，使喜欢；place 放，安置 + ate动词，使其放下，安置，搞定→摆平→平息
plac平静+ate→使平静，平息方振宇词汇奥秘plac平静+ate动词后缀，使得，做→安抚，抚慰，使平静
比较记忆placationn.安抚，劝解衍生词placate+ory…的→placatoryadj.安抚的，抚慰的钱博士plac使高兴+ate拉丁语动词过去分词后缀，在此用作动词后缀→使人高兴⇒安抚，抚慰，怀柔
词根plac-使高兴，愉悦来自拉丁语。常见变体形式：pleas-。plac使高兴-ate…的拉丁语动词过去分词后缀，在此用作动词后缀→使人高兴⇒安抚，抚慰，怀柔。GRE难词记忆placate→plac=to please 取悦+ate→安抚词根记忆plac平静+ ate ⇒使平静→平息词根记忆plac+ate=使…平静近义词 soothe缓和calm平静的lenify安慰appease安抚mollify安慰assuage缓和gentle温和的harmonize协调intervene干涉satisfy使满意gruntle使高兴conciliate安抚propitiate慰抚pacify使 … 平静soften使变柔和please请=plzcalm down使)平静反义词 enrage激怒
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用作动词His intent is clearly not toplacatehis critics.他的目的显然不是要安抚批评他的人。
The concessions did little toplacatethe students.让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。verb.soothe, pacify
同义词 appease,assuage,mollify,pacify,reconcile,satisfy,soothecalm,cheer,comfort,conciliate,humor,propitiate,soft pedal,stroke,sweeten,tranquilizemake peace,make up,play up to,pour oil on,win over
反义词 agitate,incite,irritate,provoke,upset,worry,aggravate,trouble
appeaseverb satisfy, pacify
allay,alleviate,assuage,be enough,blunt,calm,compose,conciliate,content,diminish,do,ease,gratify,lessen,lull,make matters up,meet halfway,mitigate,mollify,patch things up,propitiate,quell,quench,quiet,serve,soften,soothe,subdue,sweeten,tranquilize
appeasesverb satisfy, pacify
allays,alleviates,assuages,blunts,calms,composes,conciliates,contents,diminishes,does,eases,gratifies,is enough,lessens,lulls,makes matters up,meets halfway,mitigates,mollifies,patches things up,placates,propitiates,quells,quenches,quiets,serves,softens,soothes,subdues,sweetens,tranquilizes
arbitrateverb achieve settlement
adjudge,adjudicate,adjust,bring to terms,come to school,come to terms,conciliate,decide,determine,hammer out a deal,interpose,intervene,judge,make a deal,mediate,meet halfway,negotiate,parley,pass judgment,placate,play ball,reconcile,referee,settle,smooth,soothe,step in,straighten out,strike happy medium,trade off,umpire,work out a deal
arbitratedverb achieve settlement
adjudged,adjudicated,adjusted,brought to terms,came to school,came to terms,conciliated,decided,determined,hammered out a deal,interposed,intervened,judged,made a deal,mediated,met halfway,negotiated,parleyed,passed judgment,placated,played ball,reconciled,refereed,settled,smoothed,soothed,step in,straightened out,struck happy medium,traded off,umpired,worked out a deal
assuageverb soothe, relieve
allay,alleviate,appease,calm,compose,conciliate,cool,ease,fill,lessen,lighten,lull,make nice,mitigate,moderate,mollify,pacify,palliate,placate,pour oil on,propitiate,quench,quiet,sate,satisfy,soften,still,surfeit,sweeten,take the edge off,take the sting out,temper,tranquilize
becalmverb calm
allay,calm down,compose,lull,pacify,placate,quiet,relax,settle,soothe,steady,still The minister's cronies have an election coming up, and the best way to placate voters is to promise them land.
部长的密友马上要参加大选了，抚慰选民最好的方法就是向他们保证可以得到土地。 yeeyan
But even though the military is widely popular with the public, there was no sign that the government shakeup would placate protesters, who added anti- Suleiman slogans to their demands.
尽管军队在公众中大受欢迎，然而并没有迹象表明政府的调整能够抚慰已经将反对苏雷曼的口号加入他们要求中的抗议者。 yeeyan
But analysts say the ruling may also fail to placate the yellow-shirted, anti- government People's Alliance for Democracy Pad, despite the celebrations at the airports today.
但分析人士表示，判决同样无法安抚反政府的黄衫军“人民民主同盟”（民盟，虽然他们今天有在机场举行庆祝。 yeeyan
But he may yet be able to impress them, if he can placate the one- time supporters who suspect that he has lost his audacious touch.
但是，如果他能抚慰他从前的支持者们，那些怀疑他已经失去他大胆接触的人们，他还是有可能给他们留下深深的影响的。 ecocn
He needed to placate the idiot and learn what he could.
他需要安抚这个白痴，并尽可能地了解多一点。 yeeyan
I tried to placate her by offering to pay for the repairs.
我提出支付修理费来抚慰他。《21世纪大英汉词典》
It is also possible that globalisation may come under threat as governments seek to placate their voters by protecting local jobs and industries.
全球化也可能面临保护主义的威胁，因为这时候政府要通过保护地方工业和就业来安抚选民。 ecocn
It strongly opposes many of the policies that Ms Merkel adopted during the grand coalition to placate her SPD partners, such as minimum wages and give-aways to pensioners.
它强烈反对默克尔女士在大联合期间为安抚其基督教民主联盟的夥伴而采取的很多政策，诸如最低工资制和向领取退休金者让步。 xmlchina
Local authorities, warned by the central government of the possible consequences, have so far been able to placate, and sometimes compensate the migrant workers.
中央政府警告了地方政府可能出现的后果，各地方政府一直都在安抚这样的工人，有时为他们发放一些补偿。 yeeyan
Malcolm Turnbull, leader of the main opposition Liberal Party, supports such a scheme. But he wants it delayed to buy him time to placate the powerful global-warming sceptics in his own party.
虽然最主要的反对党自由党主席马尔科姆·特恩布尔支持该方案，但他希望推迟以换取时间来安抚党内对全球变暖持怀疑的实权派。 ecocn
Second is our need to be reassured— to placate our fear of missing out on something“ better” going on.
其二，是我们需要得到保证——以安抚我们的恐惧，好像错过了什么更好的。 yeeyan
So, under American pressure, in 2003 they granted the Kurds some autonomy, which the Kurds have cherished; the Arabs hoped it would be enough to placate them.
因此，在美国的压力下，伊拉克阿拉伯人于2003年承认了被库尔德人珍视的若干自治权。伊拉克阿拉伯人希望这对于安抚库尔德人是足够的。 ecocn
That may be good news for the state as shareholder, but it does not placate Czech consumers, who pay electricity prices that are among the highest in Europe on a purchasing-power basis.
对于国家这个股东而言，这也许是条好消息；却无法安抚捷克的消费者，基于购买力，他们支付的电力价格位于欧洲最高的价位。 ecocn
To placate those who wanted to see a stricter version, some senators were pushing a provision that would give regulators less say in how to enforce the rule.
为了安抚那些更严厉版本的支持者，一些议员提出了一个建议：在如何实行法令方面给监管者更少的话语权。 ecocn
Today, across the periphery of the euro zone, governments are struggling to placate financial markets while maintaining the confidence of their electorates.
今天，在整个欧元区的周围，政府在保持其全体选民的信心同时努力挣扎着抚慰金融市场。 ecocn
Where everyone else was fixated on trying to placate international investors, Iceland imposed temporary controls on the movement of capital to give itself room to maneuver.
其它所有国家都将重心放在安抚国际投资人上，而冰岛却对资本的流动事实临时性限制，给自己留够回旋余地。 yeeyan |