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placate

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v.安抚

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形容词:placatory 名词:placater 动词过去式:placated 过去分词:placated 现在分词:placating 第三人称单数:placates

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plac,pleas=to please(取悦;使高兴)

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placate


/plə'keɪt; [US] 'pleɪkeɪt; `pleket/
v [Tn] make (sb) less angry; soothe or pacify 安慰, 抚慰(某人); 使(某人)平静、息怒.

placate


v [T]formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of placare]
to make someone stop feeling angry
= appease
 These changes did little to placate the unions.
>placatory [plə'keɪtəri, 'plækətəri (US) 'pleɪkətɔːri/