appease
appease
verb
[with obj.]
appeasement
noun
appeaser
noun
语源
verb
[with obj.]
- pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands
（以满足某方面的要求来）抚慰；平息
amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups.
为平息当地压力集团的不满而作了修改。 - assuage or satisfy (a demand or a feeling)
缓解（难受的感觉）；满足（要求，感觉）
we give to charity because it appeases our guilt.
我们捐钱给慈善机构因为这能减轻我们的负罪感。
appeasement
noun
appeaser
noun
语源
- Middle English : from Old French apaisier, from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + pais 'peace'
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