placate

[PLACATE]

英 [plə'keɪt] 好意思 ['pleɪkeɪt]

v.安危；平息；息争

◉词源

“Placate”源自拉丁语“placatus”，意为“安抚”或“坦然”，由“placare”（使坦然）养殖。16世纪（约1590年）经拉丁语平直干与英语，BG真人(BigGaming)官方网站指通过迂腐或安慰平息盛怒或不悦。演变旅途：拉丁语 placare → placatus → 英语 placate（约1590年）。

◉外刊例句

·The Guardian， June 2023

She placated the upset customer.

她安抚了不悦的主顾。

·The New York Times， August 2024

Leaders tried to placate the protesters.

疏浚东说念主试图安抚抗议者。

·The Economist，滚球(中国)官网app September 2025

Concessions failed to placate the unions.

迂腐未能平息工会的怒气。

◉经典名著

·Jane Austen， Pride and Prejudice (1813)

She placated him with kind words.

她用和煦的谈话安抚他。

·Charles Dickens， Great Expectations (1861)

He placated her with a gift.

他用一份礼物安抚了她。

·Nathaniel Hawthorne， The Scarlet Letter (1850)

Nothing could placate her guilt.

莫得什么能平息她的内疚。

◉Usage Examples

(1) His intent is clearly not to placate his critics.

(2) The concessions did little to placate the students.

(1) 他的指表赫然不是要安抚月旦他的东说念主。

(2) 迂腐根柢未能平息学生的盛怒。

◉Usage Notes

When a husband shows up with flowers after he's fought with his wife， he's trying to placate her. If you placate someone， you stop them from being angry by giving them something or doing something that pleases them.

If your little sister is mad that the dog ate her favorite teddy bear， you could placate her by buying her an ice cream cone. A near synonym for placate is appease. The origin of placate is Latin placare "to calm or soothe." The related Latin verb placere is the source of English please.

◉柯林斯辞书

1[VERB 动词]安抚；安危 If you placate someone， you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. [V n] [V-ing] [Also V] [FORMAL 持重]

He smiled， trying to placate me...

他含笑着，念念要安抚我。

'I didn't mean to upset you，' Agnew said in a placating voice.

阿格纽用安危的口吻说：“我不是独特让你不好意思瞻念BG真人(BigGaming)官网。”

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