placate
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. 安撫[正式]
He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me. 他微笑了一下，做了一個(gè)意在安撫我的手勢(shì)。
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placate /pl??ke?t/ (placating,placated,placates)
劍橋詞典
- to stop someone from feeling angry
平息，安撫
Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements . 許諾今后進(jìn)行改善無(wú)法安撫憤怒的少數(shù)民族團(tuán)體。 返回 placate