Appease
[ ə'piz ]
第4级
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vt. 安抚，缓和;对…让步;绥靖，姑息;满足（欲望）;
💡 词根助记
ap加强+pease=peace平静→平息
📝 例句
A good dinner will appease your hunger.
丰盛的晚餐将为你充饥。
It was a blunder for them to try to appease the aggressor.
他们想姑息侵略者,那是一个大错。
To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions;appease.
平息，安抚，调解平息怒火，尤指通过达成协议；使和解
He hunted up a restaurant to appease his hunger.
他好容易找到一家餐馆去填饱肚子。
Nothing could appease the crying child.
什么都无法使孩子不哭。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ ap-拼音“阿婆”,pease-peace和睦:和阿婆和睦相处,家庭矛盾缓和了
※ ap-拼音“阿婆”,p-拼音“拍”,ease-容易:阿婆用手拍拍他,这样容易平静下来
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
ad-在p前变为ap-
表示“在；使；向”
📖 牛津释义
appease
v[Tn]
make (sb/sth) quiet or calm, usu by making concessions or by satisfying demands 使（某人[某事物]）安静或平息（通常为作出让步或满足要求）
appease sb's anger/hunger/curiosity 平息某人的怒气[使某人充饥/满足某人的好奇心].
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'pi:z]vt. 抚慰, 缓解, 平息, 姑息【法】 使和缓, 使满足, 姑息
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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You look young for your age.
你比你的实际年龄年轻多了。
The child embarrassed me by asking unexpected questions.
那小孩问了些出乎意料的问题使我困窘。
The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains.
全村的人都日夜奋战，要赶在9月的雨季之前把今年的庄稼收获上来，打完场。