appease是什么意思_appease读音|解释_appease同义词|反义词

词源

源自中古英语 apesen ← 古法语 apeser (“使平静”)。

发音

• IPA^(帮助)：/əˈpiːz/
• 韵部：-iːz

动词

appease（第三人称单数简单现在时 appeases，现在分词 appeasing，一般过去时及过去分词 appeased）

1. 使平静

   近义词： calm、pacify、placate、quell、quiet、still、lull

   to appease the tumult of the ocean

   使海洋的波动平静下来

   • 1897, 布莱姆·斯托克 《德拉库拉》 章21

     'First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'

2. 使息怒

   近义词： mollify、propitiate

   They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.

   他们用烧过的供品平息了神的愤怒。

反义词

• antagonize

派生词

拓展阅读

• appease in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• appease in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

异序词

• paepaes