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

• It was some time before we succeeded in pacifying her.
  大家劝解了半天，她才消了气。
• The peculiar aroma is conducive to relaxing and pacifying, creating a fragrant atmosphere for taking a bath.
  特有芳香气息有助于放松心情、松驰安抚情绪，营造沐浴芬芳氛围。
• 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
• Her charm lies also in that air of timeless maternalism, that calm and pacifying presence, which can dispel a man's moments of frustration and anger and restore his failures of will.
  她的魔力，还正在于她永久的母性。她的喧闹与慰藉能抹去他的失败与恼怒，复原他的志气和坚强。
• In traditional village community where everybody knows everybody, there were balancing and pacifying mechanisms such as tolerance, ethical order, the fear of losing face, religious faith, etc.
  基于维系村庄共同体的需要，熟人社会中存在着“忍让”意识形态、伦理秩序、面子机制、命运观等对“气”的有力平衡机制。
• 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。
• Stemmed from pacifying policy of Tang Dynasty, and further developed in Yuan and Qing Dynasties, China chieftain system gradually matured in Qing Dynasty.
  在唐代羁縻政策基础上演化而来的土司制度，经过元、明两代的发展，到清代已日臻完善。
• Le Quy Don paid attention to the sea and made much record of the coastland, inshore islands, islets, shoals and coastal voyages in the middle and southern Vietnam in his writing of Phu Bien Tap Luc ( A Miscellany of Pacifying Frontier Areas).
  黎贵惇关注海洋，所著《抚边杂录》中对于越南中部和南部沿海岸地区、近海岛屿沙洲和近海航海活动有较多记载。
• 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。
• 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。