pacify是什么意思？

pacify

英[ˈpæsɪfaɪ] 美[ˈpæsəˌfaɪ]

• vt. 使（某人）安静，息怒，抚慰，在（有战争的地区、国家等）实现和平；

第三人称单数：pacifies;

过去式：pacified;

过去分词：pacified;

现在分词：pacifying;

名词：pacification;

例句

• He tried to pacify his creditors by repaying part of the money. 他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款.
• 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？
• No words availed to pacify him. 说什么也不能使他平静下来.
• He tried to pacify the mob. 他试图安抚暴民.
• Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels... 政府军发现难以平定叛军。
• 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？

同义词

• vt.
  pacify的同义词之：使安静;抚慰
  quiet, mollify, appease, placate, tranquilize, soothe, calm,
• pacify的同义词之：其他释义
  compose, silence, assuage, mollify, appease, soothe, tranquilize, calm, relieve, quiet, quell, conciliate, allay, soften, placate,

反义词

• vt.
  pacify的反义词之：使平静;抚慰
  offend, provoke, anger, irritate,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  安抚；抚慰；使平静
  If you pacify someone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased.
  例句
  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？ 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 police pacify a group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests.
  例句
  Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels... 政府军发现难以平定叛军。 They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police. 当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使(某人)安静, 息怒;抚慰
  He tried to pacify the mob. 他试图安抚暴民。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
  "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
  2. fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location);
  "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"