单词	placate
释义	placatepla‧cate /pləˈkeɪt $ ˈpleɪkeɪt/ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINplacate Origin: 1600-1700 Latin past participle of placare Verb Table VERB TABLE placate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they placate he, she, it placates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they placated Present perfect I, you, we, they have placated he, she, it has placated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had placated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will placate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have placated Continuous Form Present I am placating he, she, it is placating you, we, they are placating Past I, he, she, it was placating you, we, they were placating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been placating he, she, it has been placating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been placating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be placating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been placating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The noise control law could placate airport neighbors, who oppose growth because of the noise. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And so Labour went into the election on a fudged policy designed more to placate Roy Hattersley than to win over voters. He used laughter as a way of placating persecution in advance. Her brooding sense of unease wouldn't be placated by his explanation. Herrera endeavored to placate the opposition by making preliminary defense preparations and by sending additional forces to the Rio Grande. Maybe by the time I was born, my parents had no need to pretend unhappiness to placate jealous spirits. Rory reflected gloomily as Candy sat down again, her momentary anger placated. Their manager has no doubt reached the point where he feels the fans must be placated. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► try · Now Labour's support is falling, and the government is trying desperately to placate its business enemies. to make someone stop feeling angry SYN  appease OPP  rile:  These changes did little to placate the unions.—placatory /pləˈkeɪtəri, ˈplækətəri $ ˈpleɪkətɔːri/ adjective:  a placatory smile
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