英 [pləˈkeɪt] 美 [ˈpleɪkeɪt]
v. 平息，安抚；怀柔
第三人称单数placates
现在分词placating
过去式placated
过去分词placated
placate /pləˈkeɪt/ [ placating placated placates ]
及物动词 If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. 安抚
He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me.
他微笑了一下，做了一个意在安抚我的手势。
... pittance n.少量, 微薄的薪俸 placate v.安抚 placebo n.为死者所诵的晚祷词, 安慰剂 ...
... 软弱;柔弱〖weak;delicate〗 安抚或平息,尤其通过让步〖placate〗 通过加工使变软〖soften〗 ...
... 和协,安抚〖pacify;placate〗 安定〖stabilize〗 集子,诗文的汇集〖collection;anthology;collectedworks〗 ...
... pivotal adj. 枢纽的；关键的 placate v. 安抚；和解 placid adj. 安静的，平静的 ...
抚慰；怀柔；使和解
His intent is clearly not to placate his critics.
他的目的显然不是要安抚批评他的人。
He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me.
他微笑了一下，做了一个意在安抚我的手势。
The concessions did little to placate the students.
让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
But Mr.Netanyahu has not been able to placate the settlers or the Palestinians.
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The first excerpt is from Numbers 14, and it shows Moses' ability to placate the wrath of God.
第一个是来自《民数记》14的片段，展示了摩西,让盛怒的上帝平静的能力。
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Moses manages to placate God momentarily, and then he turns around to face the people.
摩西想马上安抚上帝，他把脸转向人民。
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There, Congress's state-level chiefs will need time to placate their own angry members if they can.
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And he needed to figure out how to split up Motorola to placate shareholders like Carl Icahn.
They regard our efforts to pretend otherwise or to accommodate, placate, or appease them as submission.