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appease

/əˈpiːz/ 动词 C1

中文: 安抚

  1. To make quiet; to calm; to reduce (something) to a state of peace; to dispel (anger, hatred, etc.). · to appease the tumult of the ocean
  2. To make conciliatory offerings or concessions to (someone) in an attempt to dispel their anger, aggression, etc.; to adapt to the demands of; to come to terms with.

He/she/it appeases · 过去式 appeased · 过去分词 appeased · -ing形式 appeasing

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动词形式

原形
appease
He/she/it
appeases
过去式
appeased
过去分词
appeased
-ing形式
appeasing

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She learned her lessons at home, did her chores, and played with Diana in the chilly purple autumn twilights; but when she met Gilbert Blythe on the road or encountered him in Sunday-school she passed him by with an icy contempt that was no whit thawed by his evident desire to appease her.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第123页 · C1
Nothing could console and nothing appease her.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第148页 · B2
Upon issuing forth from his subterranean retreat at the expiration of five minutes, he found the abbé seated upon a wooden stool, leaning his elbow on a table, while Margotin, whose animosity seemed appeased by the unusual command of the traveller for refreshments, had crept up to him, and had established himself very comfortably between his knees, his long, skinny neck resting on his lap, while his dim eye was fixed earnestly on the traveller’s face.
《The Count of Monte Cristo》,第283页 · C1
Have you still that devouring thirst which can only be appeased in the grave?
《The Count of Monte Cristo》,第1093页 · C1

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