| 单词 | pacify |
| 释义 | pacify (pæsɪfaɪ ) Word forms: pacifies , pacifying , pacified 1. verb If you pacify someone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased. Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics? [VERB noun] She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified. [VERB noun] Synonyms: calm (down), appease, placate, still 2. verb If the army or the police pacify a group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests. Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels. [VERB noun] They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police. [VERB noun] Synonyms: quell, silence, crush, put down pacification (pæsɪfɪkeɪʃən ) uncountable noun ...the pacification of the country. [+ of] Translations: Chinese: 安抚 Japanese: なだめる |
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