单词 | placation |
释义 | placation (once / 207357 pages) n WORD FAMILY placation: placations+/placate: placated, placates, placating, placation, placative, placatory/placating: placatingly/placative: placatively USAGE EXAMPLESWhat will make this placation dangerous is that the incoming administration has a ready-made symbol to prop up their lie: Ivanka Trump. The Guardian(Nov 15, 2016) The phrase substitutes rhetoric for actual discourse and urges placation over protest. New York Times(Aug 02, 2016) The individual need for placation and augmentation plays out in ways big and small. New York Times(Jan 25, 2015) n the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity Syn|Hyper conciliation, propitiation appeasement, calming the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) |
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