| 单词 | pacify |
| 释义 | pacify (once / 826 pages) 1v 2v If you are bringing peace or calm to a state of unrest, you are pacifying the situation. Just think of the transformation a squalling baby undergoes when a pacifier is placed within his mouth, and you will remember the power of the verb to pacify. If you work to establish peace in a certain location between factions at war, then you are working to pacify a country or region. The U.N. has specially trained workers, called peace keepers, who go into to trouble spots to try to pacify rebellions factions and restore order. Or, one can pacify a disgruntled crowd: "The store manager attempted to pacify the restless crowd of shoppers by promising the popular out-of-stock item would soon be back on the shelves." WORD FAMILYpacify: pacific, pacified, pacifier, pacifies, pacifying+/pacific: pacifically, pacification/pacification: pacifications/pacifier: pacifiers USAGE EXAMPLESChief Minister K Siddharamaiah was among the several politicians and ministers who visited him to pacify him. BBC(Dec 20, 2016) “OBJECTified” ought to pacify anyone whining Trump’s interview with “60 minutes” on Sunday wasn’t cushy enough. Salon(Nov 16, 2016) Yet Breitbart actively cultivates some of those themes, and Bannon has shown little patience for adjusting the site’s tone to pacify critics. Seattle Times(Nov 15, 2016) 1 v cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of 2Syn|Hyper appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, placate calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize make calm or still v fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location) The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia Hyper establish, give bring about |
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