pacifying

英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ]

v.  使平静; 平息; 抚慰; 平息战争; 使实现和平
pacify的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 安抚；抚慰；使平静
  If youpacifysomeone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased.
  1. 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？
  2. She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
     她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
• VERB 平定；平息；镇压
  If the army or the policepacifya group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests.
  1. Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...
     政府军发现难以平定叛军。
  2. They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
     当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。

双语例句

• At the moment, concerned consumers seem to be leading the battle against climate change; many companies are focused on pacifying them rather than achieving anything more substantial.
  目前，关心气候问题的消费者似乎领导着反气候变化的斗争；许多公司却将重点放在安抚他们上，而非取得更具实质性的成果。
• For Pat Oliphant, President Bush's attempt to conduct a normal presidency while pacifying Iraq is like living in a small flat with a large tiger.
  在漫画家奥列芬特看来，布什总统要想在伊拉克恢复和平的同时履行总统的正常职能，就像和一只大老虎住在一件小房子里。
• Its people are hearty; its terrain can be craggy and daunting, or softly pacifying.
  它的人民是热诚的；它的地形可能是崎岖吓人的，或者说是软软地让人感到抚慰。
• The unusual gesture is likely to go a long way in pacifying the anger and frustrations of the thousands stranded across the country, CNN's Jaime Florcruz said.
  这种不寻常的姿态将会在相当长的一段时间内抚平被困者的愤怒和伤痛。CNNJaimeFlorcruz评论说。
• Prince Charles was told by Queen Elizabeth to go ahead with the divorce and to stop pacifying his alcoholic wife, according to the July 14th print edition of Globe Magazine.
  据7月第14期的Globe杂志报道，女王伊丽莎白二世要求查尔斯王子着手离婚并停止安抚他酗酒的妻子。
• I pray you, answered the minister, if thou hast any means of pacifying the child, do it forthwith!
  我恳求你了，牧师回答说，如果你有什么办法能让这孩子安静下来，赶紧拿出来吧！
• It suggests that the decline of the west began precisely when Nato pulled out of Afghanistan without accomplishing [ its] mission of pacifying the Taliban.
  信中说，北约没有完成平定塔利班的使命即撤出阿富汗的那一刻，正是西方衰落开始之时。
• Bush Administration's Taiwan policy has been shifted from pro-Taiwan and pacifying Taiwan to curbing Taiwan, a policy that is of continuous adjustment, clear strategy, stronger military relations and adverse interaction with China policy.
  布什政府第一任期内的对台政策经历了从亲台、抚台向抑台的转变，呈现出不断调整、战略清晰化、军事关系强化、与对华政策反向互动等特征。
• The main contents of Guan Zhong 'legality thoughts consist of the concept that the law governs a country, the principle that both proprieties and laws are important, and the guideline that orders should conform to people's will and be pacifying and deterrent.
  以法治国的法制观念，礼法并重的法制原则，令顺民心、且怀且威的法制指导思想是构成管仲法制思想体系的主要内容。
• The act of pacifying or the condition of being pacified; appeasement. God of Xin'an God of Peace-Research on Wang Hua in Annals of Xin'an by Luo Yuan
  镇定；和解；绥靖使安定的行动或处于安宁的状态；绥靖新安之神靖民之神&罗愿《新安志》关于汪华的研究