placate
vt. 安抚,抚慰,使平静; 使和解,平息
If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry.
He smiled, trying to placate me...
他微笑着,想要安抚我。
'I didn't mean to upset you,' Agnew said in a placating voice.
阿格纽用抚慰的语气说:“我不是有意让你不高兴。”
1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
Placate the labour unions on trade and get them to support Mr Obama on healthcare.
在贸易问题上安抚工会,以便让他们支持奥巴马的医改方案.
There are some who think the Lakers traded for Gasol only to placate Bryant.
很多人都觉得把加索尔交换过来只是湖人用来取悦科比的.
You can rarely , if ever, please, placate, change, or mollify an asshole.
你极难取悦 、 安抚 、 改变或抚慰一个让人讨厌之人.
Blankfein was clearly trying to placate the locals and show some kind of contrition.
布兰克费恩显然在尽力抚慰德国人,并表现出一定的悔悟.
Mrs Merkel would be foolish to placate her base by swerving right.
默克尔夫人如果为了安抚她的根基所在而转到右翼就太愚蠢了.