单词:placate
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
placate的用法和样例:
例句
- His intent is clearly not to placate his critics.他的目的显然不是要安抚批评他的人。
- The concessions did little to placate the students.让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
经典引文
Something must be done to placate the rebellious Viennese.
出自:V. BromeAll wives are discontented and can be placated with gifts of jewellery.
出自:A. Brookner
- pacify使 ... 平静
- appease安抚
- mollify安慰
- conciliate安抚
- calm down(使)平静
- soothe缓和
- harmonize协调
- propitiate慰抚
- intervene干涉
- calm平静的
- satisfy使满意
- soften(使)变柔和
- please请(=plz)
- lenify安慰
- gruntle使高兴
- assuage缓和
- gentle温和的
- enrage激怒
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