appease

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishappeaseap‧pease /əˈpiːz/ verb [transitive] formal PPANGRYto make someone less angry or stop them from attacking you by giving them what they want They attempted to appease international opposition by promising to hold talks. —appeasement noun [countable, uncountable] Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement towards Hitler in the 30s→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusappease• But Stan was oddly unwilling to be appeased.• Of a burning hunger that only she could appease.• They had no public opinion to appease.• Too often New Labour appeases and buys off opposing forces: this third-way strategy makes few friends or permanent changes.• A conciliatory gesture, some argued, would appease the cardinal and Holy Trinity would live to fight another day.• Human rights activists accuse the United Nations of appeasing the militia.• This was a clever attempt to appease the people, but it backfired.Origin appease (1300-1400) Old French apaisier, from pais “peace”

单词	appease
释义	appease From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishappeaseap‧pease /əˈpiːz/ verb [transitive] formal PPANGRYto make someone less angry or stop them from attacking you by giving them what they want They attempted to appease international opposition by promising to hold talks. —appeasement noun [countable, uncountable] Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement towards Hitler in the 30s→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusappease• But Stan was oddly unwilling to be appeased.• Of a burning hunger that only she could appease.• They had no public opinion to appease.• Too often New Labour appeases and buys off opposing forces: this third-way strategy makes few friends or permanent changes.• A conciliatory gesture, some argued, would appease the cardinal and Holy Trinity would live to fight another day.• Human rights activists accuse the United Nations of appeasing the militia.• This was a clever attempt to appease the people, but it backfired.Origin appease (1300-1400) Old French apaisier, from pais “peace”
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