placate
- v. 平息，安抚；怀柔
[ 第三人称单数 placates 现在分词 placating 过去式 placated 过去分词 placated ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
placate /pləˈkeɪt/ ( placating, placated, placates )
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V-T If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. 安抚 [正式]
例：He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me.
他微笑了一下，做了一个意在安抚我的手势。
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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。
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He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me.
他微笑了一下，做了一个意在安抚我的手势。
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But Mr.Netanyahu has not been able to placate the settlers or the Palestinians.
VOA: standard.2010.01.03
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The first excerpt is from Numbers 14, and it shows Moses' ability to placate the wrath of God.
第一个是来自《民数记》14的片段，展示了摩西,让盛怒的上帝平静的能力。
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Moses manages to placate God momentarily, and then he turns around to face the people.
摩西想马上安抚上帝，他把脸转向人民。
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