【appease】 - A-level备考词汇

appease

UK:  [ə'piːz]

US:  [ə'piz]

过去分词：appeased  现在分词：appeasing  第三人称单数：appeases  

v.

1.对…让步,安抚,姑息;绥靖

2.平息(愤怒),缓和(情绪),劝慰,抚慰

3.平息;平静

4.充(饥),果(腹),解(渴),满足(欲望)

5.和解,(气)消

1 . He said he could eat an elephant to appease his hunger.
他说他吃光一头大象才能充饥。

2 . Movement away from the current peg might be a symbolic gesture to appease the United States without having any material merit.
脱离当前盯住美元的政策可能是安抚美国的象征性姿态，没有任何实际价值。

3 . In this distress, he began to appease the LORD, his God. He humbled himself abjectly before the God of his fathers.
默纳舍在这患难中，呼求了上主他的天主，在他祖先的天主前，大发谦卑。

4 . Inadvertently, President Obama has exposed the hypocrisy in world opinion, particularly European opinion, which he was trying to appease.
不经意中，奥巴马揭露了他尝试去讨好的世界舆论特别是欧洲舆论的伪善。

5 . At this point, the main motive is to appease the U. S. ' and other trading partners, she said.
目前，主要的目的是为了安抚美国和其他贸易伙伴。