placate
音标发音
- 英式音标 [plə'keɪt; 'plækeɪt; 'pleɪ-]
- 美式音标 [ˈpleɪ.keɪt]
- 国际音标 [plə'keit, 'pleikeit, 'plæ-]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.安撫,撫慰,使平靜
词根记忆
- plac(平靜的) + ate→使平靜→撫慰,平息
- 找個地方(place)安撫(placate)一下受傷的心霛
- plac(平靜) + ate→使平靜→安撫
英汉例句
- The concessions did little to placate the students.
讓步根本未能平息學生的憤怒。 - He never attempts to placate his enemy.
他從不企圖與敵人和解. - He smiled, trying to placate me.
他微笑著,想要安撫我。 - The concessions did little to placate the students.
讓步根本未能平息學生的憤怒。 - Even a written apology failed to placate the indignant hostess.
甚至一紙書麪道歉都沒能安撫這個怒氣沖沖的女主人.
词组短语
- rile placate 使焦急
- placate e 安撫;使和解
- disconcert placate 使倉皇失措
- to placate 安慰
- placate rile 使焦急
短語
英英字典
- to stop someone from feeling angry
- If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry.