placating

英 [pləˈkeɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈpleɪkeɪtɪŋ]

v.  安抚; 平息(怒气)
placate的现在分词

COCA.43298

柯林斯词典

• VERB 安抚；抚慰
  If youplacatesomeone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry.
  1. He smiled, trying to placate me...
     他微笑着，想要安抚我。
  2. 'I didn't mean to upset you,' Agnew said in a placating voice.
     阿格纽用抚慰的语气说：“我不是有意让你不高兴。”

英英释义

adj

• intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
  1. the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich
  2. placating (or placative) gestures
  3. an astonishingly placatory speech
  Synonym:appeasing(a)placativeplacatory

双语例句

• The first involves placating regulators, who fret that it may be abusing its considerable power.
  首先是安抚那些担心谷歌滥用权力的监管者。
• 'I didn't mean to upset you,' Agnew said in a placating voice.
  阿格纽用抚慰的语气说：“我不是有意让你不高兴。”
• That means hiring local managers, investing in local research and placating local concerns& for example by listing subsidiaries locally.
  这将意味着雇佣当地经理，对当地研究进行投资，并关注本地&比如说在当地上市子公司。
• The appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich; placating ( or placative) gestures; an astonishingly placatory speech.
  在慕尼黑对纳粹分子的安抚、让步；安抚的姿态；令人奇怪的和解讲话。
• Placating an angry lot of tenants; kids who made a noisy lot.
  抚慰一群愤怒的佃农；一群吵闹的孩子。
• Instead of placating the Chinese, they apparently triggered another propaganda blast, this time claiming the drill was a rejection of China's role as a global power.
  华府不仅没能安抚北京，相反，他们触动了另一枚“舆论炸弹”的开关，这一次，北京声称，这次军演是美国拒绝接受中国作为大国的地位的表现。
• In a placating manner.
  以令人感到安慰的方式。
• I don't want you to marry me because you're placating me.
  我不想因为安抚我而让你跟我结婚。