单词	pacify
释义	pacifypac‧i‧fy /ˈpæsɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle pacified, present participle pacifying, third person singular pacifies) [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINpacify Origin: 1400-1500 Latin pacificare, from pax; ➔ PEACE Verb Table VERB TABLE pacify Simple Form Present I, you, we, they pacify he, she, it pacifies Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they pacified Present perfect I, you, we, they have pacified he, she, it has pacified Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had pacified Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will pacify Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have pacified Continuous Form Present I am pacifying he, she, it is pacifying you, we, they are pacifying Past I, he, she, it was pacifying you, we, they were pacifying Present perfect I, you, we, they have been pacifying he, she, it has been pacifying Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been pacifying Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be pacifying Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been pacifying Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES As I drove home, I tried to think how I was going to pacify my wife, who was sure to be angry. It was no use trying to pacify him; he was simply too upset. On August 20, the army recaptured the city and pacified the surrounding area. They had to use drugs to pacify him. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But it will also be needed to pacify old adversaries, and to prevent small crises from becoming big ones. But the expulsion did not pacify the Tory civil war, as the contenders traded recriminations. By saying the war was over, the territory pacified, they would make it so. Some critics question its sustainability and others view it as a sop to pacify the poor. They will be met with measures that no longer seek to pacify but only to contain. When we pacified the bopping gang of a decade ago, its members turned to narcotics and self-mutilation. Yucatan, although not completely pacified, had been reincorporated into the federal union in July. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto try to make someone less angry► pacify to make someone less angry and more calm: · It was no use trying to pacify him; he was simply too upset.· As I drove home, I tried to think how I was going to pacify my wife, who was sure to be angry. ► calm somebody down to make someone less angry and upset when they have been very angry or upset: · They had to use drugs to calm him down.· When he was really upset, only his wife could calm him down. 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