pacify
英['p?s?fa?]
美['p?s?'fai]
- vt. 使平靜；安慰；平定
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?pacifies;過去式:?pacified;過去分詞:?pacified;現在分詞:?pacifying;名詞:?pacification;
中文詞源
pacify 平息，安撫
來自peace,和平，平和，-fy,使。即使平和，引申詞義平息，安撫。
英文詞源
- pacify
- pacify: see peace
- pacify (v.)
- late 15c., "appease, allay the anger of (someone)," from Middle French pacifier "make peace," from Latin pacificare "to make peace; pacify," from pacificus (see pacific). Of countries or regions, "to bring to a condition of calm," c. 1500, from the start with suggestions of submission and terrorization. Related: Pacified; pacifying.
雙語例句
- 1. He tried to pacify the mob.
- 他試圖安撫暴民.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. No words availed to pacify him.
- 說什么也不能使他平靜下來.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?
- 這一措施是來真的？還是僅僅為了安撫批評人士？
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels.
- 政府軍發現難以平定叛軍。
來自辭典例句
- 5. He tried to pacify his creditors by repaying part of the money.
- 他為安撫債權人償還了部分借款.
來自辭典例句