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单词 appease
释义 ap·pease
\əpēz\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English appesen, apesen, from Old French apaisier, from a- (from Latin ad-) + -paisier (from pais peace) — more at peace
1. : to bring to a state of peace or quiet : calm, settle
 < instead of appeasing the quarrel the government's action intensified it — J.H.Plumb >
2. : to cause to subside : allay, assuage
 < the man had appeased his great hunger — Elizabeth M. Roberts >
 < the same kind of supposition which had appeased Mrs. Bennet's curiosity — Jane Austen >
3.
 a. : to bring to a state of ease or content : conciliate, satisfy
  < when he has once tasted the blood of popular applause, he is a tiger, nevermore to be appeased — C.H.Grandgent >
 b. : to conciliate or buy off (a potential aggressor) by political or economic concessions usually at the sacrifice of principles
  < the attempt to appease the Nazis at Munich >
Synonyms: see pacify
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