pacifying

英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ]

v.  使平静; 平息; 抚慰; 平息战争; 使实现和平
pacify的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 安抚；抚慰；使平静
  If youpacifysomeone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased.
  1. Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...
     这一措施是来真的？还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士？
  2. She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
     她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
• VERB 平定；平息；镇压
  If the army or the policepacifya group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests.
  1. Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...
     政府军发现难以平定叛军。
  2. They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
     当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。

双语例句

• It was some time before we succeeded in pacifying her.
  大家劝解了半天，她才消了气。
• For Pat Oliphant, President Bush's attempt to conduct a normal presidency while pacifying Iraq is like living in a small flat with a large tiger.
  在漫画家奥列芬特看来，布什总统要想在伊拉克恢复和平的同时履行总统的正常职能，就像和一只大老虎住在一件小房子里。
• Criminal reconciliation not only breaks the traditional criminal system which was known by its mandatory and severity, but also helpful to pacifying social conflict and balancing the interests between the victims, perpetrator and the public.
  刑事和解打破了以强制性、严厉性著称的传统刑事诉讼制度，对于平抑社会冲突、实现被害人利益、犯罪人利益、公共利益三者之间的平衡保护具有特殊的价值。
• I pray you, answered the minister, if thou hast any means of pacifying the child, do it forthwith!
  我恳求你了，牧师回答说，如果你有什么办法能让这孩子安静下来，赶紧拿出来吧！
• Bush Administration's Taiwan policy has been shifted from pro-Taiwan and pacifying Taiwan to curbing Taiwan, a policy that is of continuous adjustment, clear strategy, stronger military relations and adverse interaction with China policy.
  布什政府第一任期内的对台政策经历了从亲台、抚台向抑台的转变，呈现出不断调整、战略清晰化、军事关系强化、与对华政策反向互动等特征。
• Le Quy Don paid attention to the sea and made much record of the coastland, inshore islands, islets, shoals and coastal voyages in the middle and southern Vietnam in his writing of Phu Bien Tap Luc ( A Miscellany of Pacifying Frontier Areas).
  黎贵惇关注海洋，所著《抚边杂录》中对于越南中部和南部沿海岸地区、近海岛屿沙洲和近海航海活动有较多记载。
• It suggests that the decline of the west began precisely when Nato pulled out of Afghanistan without accomplishing [ its] mission of pacifying the Taliban.
  信中说，北约没有完成平定塔利班的使命即撤出阿富汗的那一刻，正是西方衰落开始之时。
• In traditional village community where everybody knows everybody, there were balancing and pacifying mechanisms such as tolerance, ethical order, the fear of losing face, religious faith, etc.
  基于维系村庄共同体的需要，熟人社会中存在着“忍让”意识形态、伦理秩序、面子机制、命运观等对“气”的有力平衡机制。
• Think washing floors, scrubbing the grill, cutting the lawn, watering plants, changing cat litter, vacuuming the carpet& and, for good measure, pacifying the baby and entertaining the older children.
  想想看，那些清洁地板、擦洗烧烤架、修剪草坪、给植物浇水、换猫砂和吸地毯的家务活儿&更妙的是，还能哄哄小婴儿，逗逗大孩子。
• The unusual gesture is likely to go a long way in pacifying the anger and frustrations of the thousands stranded across the country, CNN's Jaime Florcruz said.
  这种不寻常的姿态将会在相当长的一段时间内抚平被困者的愤怒和伤痛。CNNJaimeFlorcruz评论说。