Placate
[ 'pleket ]
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vt. 安抚，抚慰，使平静;使和解，平息;
💡 词根助记
plac使平静+ate使→使…平静 → 安慰，抚慰
📝 例句
“ I cannot placate the Left,” he grumbles.
他不满地说，“我没法讨得左派的欢心”。
Even a written apology failed to placate the indignant hostess.
甚至一纸书面道歉都没能安抚这个怒气冲冲的女主人
Tigress called over to placate him.
虎妞喊着劝慰。
He never attempt to placate his enemy.
他从不企图与敌人和解。
🌱 联想助记
【记】plac-place地方,ate-吃:康熙对王公重臣安抚的方法是“又给地方又给吃”
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
placate
v[Tn]
make (sb) less angry; soothe or pacify 安慰, 抚慰（某人）; 使（某人）平静、 息怒.
🔁 扩展释义
*[plә'keit]vt. 抚慰, 平息, 使和解, 怀柔
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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What kind of personality do you think you have?
你认为你具有哪种性格？
It's time to begin.
到开始的时候了。
we quickened our pace and made our way rapidly towards the stream where we hoped the boatman was waiting.
快速地朝深溪边走去，希望船夫还在那儿等着我们。