Appease
[ ə'piz ]
第4级
其它 Other
vt. 安抚，缓和;对…让步;绥靖，姑息;满足（欲望）;
💡 词根助记
ap加强+pease=peace平静→平息
📝 例句
A good dinner will appease your hunger.
丰盛的晚餐将为你充饥。
It was a blunder for them to try to appease the aggressor.
他们想姑息侵略者,那是一个大错。
To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions;appease.
平息，安抚，调解平息怒火，尤指通过达成协议；使和解
He hunted up a restaurant to appease his hunger.
他好容易找到一家餐馆去填饱肚子。
Nothing could appease the crying child.
什么都无法使孩子不哭。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ ap-拼音“阿婆”,pease-peace和睦:和阿婆和睦相处,家庭矛盾缓和了
※ ap-拼音“阿婆”,p-拼音“拍”,ease-容易:阿婆用手拍拍他,这样容易平静下来
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
ad-在p前变为ap-
表示“在；使；向”
📖 牛津释义
appease
v[Tn]
make (sb/sth) quiet or calm, usu by making concessions or by satisfying demands 使（某人[某事物]）安静或平息（通常为作出让步或满足要求）
appease sb's anger/hunger/curiosity 平息某人的怒气[使某人充饥/满足某人的好奇心].
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'pi:z]vt. 抚慰, 缓解, 平息, 姑息【法】 使和缓, 使满足, 姑息
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
查看全部GRE词汇 ›🗣️ 情景例句
Mr. Lu, we are very pleased to be able to offer this product to you.
陆先生，我们很高兴能提供这个产品给您。
I'm afraid you're too critical about your food.
我怕你对食物太挑剔了。
By bicycle? From Beijing? That's a long trip.
骑自行车去？从北京出发？这可是长途旅行呀。