pacify

verb

1. 使平静；平息；抚慰
   to make sb who is angry or upset become calm and quiet
   1. The baby could not be pacified.
      怎么也止不住婴儿的哭声。
   2. The speech was designed to pacify the irate crowd.
      讲话的目的是安抚愤怒的群众。
2. 平息战争；使实现和平
   to bring peace to an area where there is fighting or a war

1. VERB 安抚；抚慰；使平静
   If you pacify someone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased.
   1. Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...
      这一措施是来真的？还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士？
   2. She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
      她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
2. VERB 平定；平息；镇压
   If the army or the police pacify a group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests.
   1. Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...
      政府军发现难以平定叛军。
   2. They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
      当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。

1. Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?
   这一措施是来真的？还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士？
2. She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
   她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
3. Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels
   政府军发现难以平定叛军。
4. They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
   当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。
5. It's easy to give children the bottle to pacify them, he said, but in terms of these two nutrients, there's no benefit in it.
   他说，家长喜欢拿奶瓶来安抚孩子。但是就这两种营养物质的吸收而言，奶瓶喂奶是没有益处的。
6. Like an infant learning how to pacify himself, you should learn to give yourself credit instead of looking to others to give you the confidence, the self-esteem, the self-respect, Klaus says.
   克劳斯说：就像婴儿学习如何让自己平静下来，人们应当学会如何相信自己，而不是等他人给你信心和自尊。
7. Tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions.
   倾向于或者有意于通过同意要求或者作出让步来平息、抚慰。
8. Now, this decline is still far too small to pacify critics.
   就目前而言，这样的降幅还过于微小，不足以平息批评意见。
9. I bought an ice cream to pacify my crying daughter.
   我买了个冰淇淋来抚慰哭泣的女儿。
10. Were you telling the truth or were you trying to pacify me?
    你说的是实话还是在安慰我？
11. Many people now think the main point of the drills was to pacify the population-to give them the illusion that they had a chance of survival in a nuclear war.
    现在很多人认为这种演习的主要目的在于安抚人们&给他们一种幻觉，即在核战争中有机会生存。
12. Defying his generals, Mr Rumsfeld sent too few troops to Iraq to pacify the country.
    拉姆斯菲尔德不把他的将军们放在眼里，只派了极少的军队赴伊拉克平定乱局。
13. It has been used to pacify people suffering from mental disorders.
    它一直被用作安抚精神失调病人的情绪。
14. Dolls are used to pacify crying babies.
    娃娃是用来安抚啼哭的婴儿。
15. Whoever feels sorry should do more to pacify those he's saying sorry to.
    不论谁感到应该说抱歉的时候就应该做更多的事来抚慰接受抱歉的人或事。
16. However, the notion that gamers acquire some minor physical skills may not pacify concerned parents.
    不过在知道了游戏玩家们能够改善一些运动技能之后，父母们的担心并没有减少。
17. Attempts to pacify the country have so far failed.
    缓解这个国家的矛盾的种种尝试到目前为止都失败了。
18. It was difficult for the police to pacify the angry crowd.
    警察很难平定愤怒的人群。
19. Purple on the eyes, ears and pacify the nervous system will play a role, but it may also suppress people's emotions, especially anger.
    紫色对眼睛、耳朵和神经系统都会起一个安抚作用，但它也可能会压抑人的情感特别是愤怒。
20. To pacify her, I held the casement ajar a few seconds.
    为了使她平静下来，我就将窗子打开了几秒钟。
21. He tried to pacify his creditor by repay part of the money.
    他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款。
22. To soothe, as by stroking; pacify.
    安抚，使温和：受打击时安慰；使平静。
23. She knew that he had become delirious, and tried to pacify him.
    她知道他已经神志昏迷起来了，极力想使他镇静下来。
24. He tried to pacify the protesters with promises of reform.
    他试图以改革的承诺安抚抗议者。
25. Pacify possibly to know Tom's address.
    安可能知道汤姆地址。
26. Dig into one's savings to pay debts He tried to pacify his creditors by repaying part of the money.
    动用一大部分存款来还债他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款。
27. Yeltsin said that a better solution than the use of violence is to pacify the situation and to achieve an agreement through diplomatic approaches.
    叶利钦说，比使用暴力更好的办法是缓和局势和通过外交途径取得一致。
28. More troops were sent to pacify the area.
    又有部队派去平息那一地区的骚乱。
29. Attempts to pacify the region have failed.
    控制本地区的企图失败了。
30. But to pacify China's US critics, it needs to yield tangible results soon.
    但是，要安抚批评中国的美国人士，需要很快拿出切实成果。

verb

1. fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
   1. The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia

2. cause to be more favorably inclined
   1. She managed to mollify the angry customer

   Synonym:    lenifyconciliateassuageappeasemollifyplacategentlegruntle