placate
美 [?ple?ke?t]
英 [pl??ke?t] 
- v.安撫;平息(怒氣)
- 網(wǎng)絡撫慰;使和解;懷柔
詞形變化
第三人稱單數(shù):placates 現(xiàn)在分詞:placating 過去式:placated 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | ~ sb 安撫;平息(怒氣)to make sb feel less angry about sth |
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| The concessions did little to placate the students. 讓步根本未能平息學生的憤怒。 |
英漢解釋
v. | 1. 安撫,撫慰;使和解;〈美〉得到(反對黨等的)諒解 |
英英解釋
例句
Cracking down on women's rights has often been an easy way for governments, secular or not, to placate their more extreme allies or enemies.
無論是世俗還是非世俗政府,都常常把嚴格限制婦女權益當做安撫極端盟友或勁敵的捷徑。
But on the streets of Athens, there is a sense that this latest effort to placate Greece's lenders may be a last straw for the public.
但是,從雅典街頭的氣氛看來,這個取悅貸款人的最新舉措可能會成為壓垮公眾的最后一根稻草。
In fact Pakistan's new president, Asif Zardari, has been going out of his way-and courting controversy at home-to placate India.
實際上巴基斯坦的新總統(tǒng)扎爾達里已經竭盡所能的與印度達成和解,但此舉卻在巴國內引發(fā)了論戰(zhàn);
Accommodation failed to placate the critics and may have demoralized supporters of a strong defense.
遷就沒有能安撫批評者,而可能使強大防務的支持者灰心喪氣。
The various accounting bodies are trying to placate the politicians while avoiding watering down standards too much.
各家會計事務所正在一面盡力使政客們安心,同時避免過度降低標準。
But all that failed to placate the crowds, who finally got what they wanted later in the day: a Tunisia sans Ben Ali.
但所有這一切終究沒能將人群安撫下來。突尼斯人最終在當天得到了他們想要的結局:趕走本·阿里。
It also foists a stark choice on the Kremlin: to stifle dissent, or to placate protesters to provide some kind of pressure outlet.
它也給克里姆林宮提出了一個艱難的選擇:是打擊異見人士,還是安撫抗議者、給人們提供一些釋放壓力的出口。
Being able to placate the surviving population and keep them subservient to a federal system would then involve plenty of handy oil and gas.
要撫慰幸存的公眾,讓他們服從聯(lián)邦制度,就得有大量隨手可得的石油和汽油。
But even though the military is widely popular with the public, there was no sign that the government shakeup would placate protesters.
但是即使軍隊很受群眾的歡迎,擔保沒有跡象表明政府會有安撫抗議者的舉動,而這些抗議者已經開始舉出反對Suleiman的標語。
But the White House sees any conspicuous efforts to placate Jackson as dangerous to its efforts to win back disaffected white moderates.
但是白宮認為任何大張旗鼓安撫杰克遜的舉措都不利于挽回那些對政府不滿的白人溫和派的心。
The talks aren't all about a weakling US trying to placate the powerful landlord from Beijing.
這些對話并不僅僅是一個正在衰落的美國試圖安撫來自北京的闊佬。
March 26 - In an attempt to placate protesters, Assad frees 260 prisoners, and 16 more the next day.
三月二十六日-阿薩德釋放了260名囚犯,第二天又繼續(xù)釋放了16名,以試圖安撫反對者。
The building frenzy aims to placate citizens angry that property speculation has priced them out of the non-subsidized housing market.
大規(guī)模興建保障性住房旨在平息民眾的怒火,因為他們對房地產投機行為使其遠離商品房市場而感到憤怒。
F. To a greater or lesser extent a mother feels that her own mother demands a baby, so that her baby is produced to placate her mother.
在某種水平上,母親感覺她本身的母親需要一個小孩,所以她生孩子只是為了安撫她的母親。
Bankers are desperately trying to placate their critics.
銀行業(yè)者正在拼了命地試圖安撫批評家們。
In the past, talks with Miss Suu Kyi have been used as a sop to placate international opinion.
過去,與昂山素季進行對話被用于平息國際輿論。
A breakthrough in either area could be enough to placate shareholders and prevent Microsoft returning at a later date .
無論在哪個領域取得突破,可能都足以安撫股東情緒,防止微軟日后卷土重來。
Donors need to be patient so charities will not feel pressured to plunge in and offer ineffective aid, simply to placate impatient donors.
捐贈者需要有耐心。這樣慈善組織才能從容地工作,不會為了安撫心急的捐贈者匆忙投入人力物力卻事與愿違。
To placate Italy's irate local mayors and governors, Mr Berlusconi lightened the burden of savings they were supposed to have made.
為了安撫意大利憤怒的地方官員,貝盧斯科尼(Berlusconi)減輕了地方官員需要制定的節(jié)省負擔。
The White House must placate investors nervous about deficit spending with the political imperative of getting the jobless rate down.
白宮必須表露出降低失業(yè)率的急迫政治責任感,來安撫投資者對赤字支出的憂慮。
Now Mr Tsang will have to come up with an electoral plan for the coming years that will placate public impatience but not alarm China.
現(xiàn)在曾先生不得不為正在到來的幾年提出一個選舉計劃,該計劃既能緩和公眾的急躁情緒又能不使中國感到恐慌。
Do not imagine you can placate them by showering "development" and "reconstruction" on them in the postwar era.
不要幻想著你可以給與大量的“發(fā)展”和“重建”來安撫這些民眾。
the Arabs hoped it would be enough to placate them.
伊拉克阿拉伯人希望這對于安撫庫爾德人是足夠的。
The move wasn't enough to placate protesters, however, who have consistently demanded that he step down immediately.
不過,此舉不足以平息抗議者的憤怒,他們一直要求穆巴拉克立即下臺。
This should go some way to placate hawkish ECB members who disagree with the Bank's bond-buying programme.
這必將一定程度撫慰歐洲央行執(zhí)委會中反對債券購買計劃的強硬派人士。
That was not enough to placate Britain's politicians, though, some of whom accused the Murdochs of willful ignorance.
但是這還不夠平息英國政客的怒氣,他們有些人指控梅鐸刻意無知。
Officials asked fans to remove the offending garments, to placate Budweiser, a rival beer brand that was the tournament's official sponsor.
而官方為了安撫百威啤酒(那屆世界杯的官方贊助商),要求球迷脫掉這些“違反規(guī)定”的衣服。
Hollows , in their attempt to bury their lost of life (heart? ) and to placate their thirst for souls will attack humans to eat the souls.
虛為了設法埋葬它們失去的生命(心?)和滿足自己對魂魄的欲望,就會攻擊人類吞噬其魂魄。
He also tried to placate some of the non-Brics by offering a new term: the "N-11" , or Next Eleven nations on the list to emerge as powers.
他還提出一個新詞來安撫一些非金磚四國國家,這個詞就是“N-11”,即接下來將成為強國的11個國家。
Because, Mrs Merkel told her colleagues, she had to placate the judges in Karlsruhe.
因為默克爾告訴其他領導人們,她必須讓德國憲法法院的法官們息怒。
A suspension may not placate the vociferous opposition parties, which have said they want a full rollback of the retail decision.
擱置改革可能還是無法安撫吵吵嚷嚷的反對黨,因為他們曾說,希望政府全面取消零售行業(yè)的改革決定。
Londoners deserve their sleep, but it should be possible to placate them by reducing early morning flights.
倫敦人值得擁有好睡眠,但第三跑道的建設也是可行的,只要減少早班航班就可以安慰當?shù)?/c>居民。
In any case, China may end up using more of its reserve funds to address domestic problems or placate domestic interest groups.
不論結果如何,中國最終可能需要動用更多的儲備資金去解決其國內問題,或安撫國內利益集團。
Beijing did raise prices twice in two months this summer to placate firms sliding into the red.
中國此前已在兩個月內兩次上調電價,以緩解企業(yè)虧損情況。
Todd: Of course, one can placate the people with bread and money, but only for a while.
托德:當然,你可以用面包和財富平息民眾,但那只是暫時的。
Rather than provoking China by arming Taiwan and patrolling the seas, it would be better to placate it, and throw it the morsel of Taiwan.
與其通過繼續(xù)對臺軍售、巡視臺灣海峽來惹怒中國,不如安撫中國,將臺灣這個微不足道的小問題拋諸腦后。
They may buy unwanted housing off developers, which would placate their overseers in Beijing but add nothing to China's GDP.
他們可能會從開發(fā)商手中買下根本不需要的房子,這只是為了迎合上級的要求,但是不會給中國的GDP帶來任何改變。
He knew he needed to placate this important group of stockholders, who along with directors owned about 30% of the firm.
他們和董事們一共擁有大約30%的公司股權,他知道必須穩(wěn)住這批股東。
Seeking to placate the domestic critics, China's leaders are hardening their stance toward the Americans.
中國領導人尋求安撫國內的批評之聲,對美國姿態(tài)變得強硬。
Silvio Berlusconi's government cobbled together an emergency austerity package for Italy late on Friday to placate the bond markets.
的政府周五晚上匆匆制作了一個應急緊縮計劃,安撫債券市場。