pacified

英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈpæsɪfaɪd]

v.  使平静; 平息; 抚慰; 平息战争; 使实现和平
pacify的过去分词和过去式

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

• Just in case some are still lively, bees can be pacified with a few puffs of smoke blown into each hive's narrow entrance.
  不过万一一些还醒着，蜜蜂能通过往每个狭窄入口吹烟的方式安静下来。
• They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
  当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。
• In a press release, Samsung said the "furious growth spurt seen in the global smartphone market last year is expected to be pacified by intensifying price competition compounded by a slew of new products."
  三星在新闻稿中称：“去年全球智能手机市场经历了爆炸式增长，但随着新产品不断上市和价格竞争加剧，今年智能手机增速将会放缓。”
• He pacified his conscience by promising himself he would start work tomorrow.
  他答应自己明天开始工作，借以使良心得到安宁。
• The statement pacified some Americans 'concerns in the past couple of years that China is eating America's lunch, but it triggered a fierce debate.
  这一言论平息了一些美国人在过去几年对中国正在吃掉美国人的午餐的担忧，但这也引发了一场激烈的讨论。
• She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
  她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
• The baby could not be pacified.
  婴儿怎么也不能平静下来。
• This promise poorly pacified her: but time was more potent;
  这个诺言很难使她平静下来；但是时间却更有力；
• When your mood is low, wipe on the perfume that oneself like, the aroma of intoxicate will the mood with depressed be pacified.
  当你情绪低落时，抹上自己喜欢的香水，醉人的香气将会平复沮丧的情绪。
• 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