pacify
英 ['pæsɪfaɪ]
美['pæsə'fai]
- vt. 使平静；安慰；平定
词态变化
第三人称单数: pacifies;过去式: pacified;过去分词: pacified;现在分词: pacifying;名词: pacification;
中文词源
pacify 平息，安抚
来自peace,和平，平和，-fy,使。即使平和，引申词义平息，安抚。
英文词源
- pacify
- pacify: see peace
- pacify (v.)
- late 15c., "appease, allay the anger of (someone)," from Middle French pacifier "make peace," from Latin pacificare "to make peace; pacify," from pacificus (see pacific). Of countries or regions, "to bring to a condition of calm," c. 1500, from the start with suggestions of submission and terrorization. Related: Pacified; pacifying.
双语例句
- 1. He tried to pacify the mob.
- 他试图安抚暴民.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. No words availed to pacify him.
- 说什么也不能使他平静下来.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?
- 这一措施是来真的？还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士？
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels.
- 政府军发现难以平定叛军。
来自辞典例句
- 5. He tried to pacify his creditors by repaying part of the money.
- 他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款.
来自辞典例句