| 单词 | appease |
| 释义 | appease (once / 862 pages) v Appease means to make or preserve peace with a nation, group, or person by giving in to their demands, or to relieve a problem, as in "the cold drink appeased his thirst." Appease often implies abandoning your moral principles to satisfy the demands of someone who is greedy for power: think of British Prime Minister Chamberlain's attempt to appease the Nazis at Munich. The verb appease comes from the Old French apaisier, "to pacify, make peace, or be reconciled," from the phrase "a paisier," which combines a-, or "to," and pais, "peace," from the Latin pax. WORD FAMILYappease: appeasable, appeased, appeasement, appeaser, appeases, appeasing+/appeasable: unappeasable/appeasement: appeasements/appeaser: appeasers/appeasing: appeasingly/unappeasable: unappeasably USAGE EXAMPLESRegulators should aim to enable that vision — not to appease the hotel lobby or activists who shortsightedly favor preserving the status quo. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) That, economists say, will be enough to appease ratings firms that earlier this year warned of a downgrade unless Colombia compensated for fallen oil prices. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) Santos then introduced several changes to appease his critics and even sat down for a meeting with Uribe for the first time in six years. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1v make peace with Syn|Hyper propitiate conciliate, make up, patch up, reconcile, settle come to terms 2v cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of Syn|Hyper assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize make calm or still 3v overcome or allay Syn|Hyper quell, stay fill, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy fill or meet a want or need |
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