placate是什么意思，placate的意思翻译、用法、同义词、例句
placate英标
英:/'pləˈkeɪt/ 美:/'ˈpleɪkeɪt/
常用解释
抚慰
词性
过去式:placated 过去分词:placated 现在分词:placating 第三人称单数:placates
类别
GRE,GMAT,SAT
常用词典
vt. 抚慰；怀柔；使和解
例句
I placated the heartbroken girl I used to know.
我抚慰了我曾经认识的那个心碎的女孩。
The government can no longer placate the people with slogans.
政府无法再用口号来安抚人民了。
After the long tiresome argument, her sweet smile placated me.
经过长时间烦人的争论后，她甜甜的微笑令我释然于怀。
He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me.
他微笑了一下 做了一个意在安抚我的手势
His intent is clearly not to placate his critics.
他的目的显然不是要安抚批评他的人。
He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me.
他微笑了一下，做了一个意在安抚我的手势。
The concessions did little to placate the students.
让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
He needed to placate the idiot and learn what he could.
他需要安抚这个白痴，并尽可能地了解多一点。
Bankers are desperately trying to placate their critics.
银行业者正在拼了命地试图安抚批评家们。
同义词
vt.|propitiate/reconcile;抚慰；怀柔；使和解
网络扩展资料
[verb]
定义
- 使（某人）平静或安静下来
- 缓和（某种情绪或状态）
例句
- The manager tried to placate the angry customer by offering a refund. (经理试图通过提供退款来安抚愤怒的客户。)
- He tried to placate her by saying he would consider her proposal. (他试图通过表示他会考虑她的提议来安抚她。)
用法
- 通常用于主动语态
- 可以接受一个人作为宾语，也可以接受一个情绪或状态作为宾语
- 可以与 "with" 连用，意为 "试图通过（做某事）来安抚（某人或某种情绪）"
近义词
appease, mollify, pacify, calm, soothe
反义词
provoke, anger, irritate