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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He's going to love your work.
他一定会欣赏你的作品的。
This offer must be withdrawn if we haven't received your reply within five days.
如果5天之内我方未必到贵方答复，该盘撤消。
suggested an idea on which he had been working for many years to the British Government and industrial circles.
他向英国政府和工业界提出了他研究多年的一项计划。