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When you appease someone, you try to make them less angry, or stop them from coming after you, by giving them what they want. You are not winning. You are buying a quieter moment.
When you appease someone當你安撫某人時 you try to你是想 make them less angry讓他們少生氣一點 or或 stop them from coming after you不再來找你麻煩 by giving them what they want做法是給他們想要的東西 You are not winning你不是贏了 you are buying你只是在買 a quieter moment一個比較安靜的片刻
A parent may appease a crying child with a . A country may appease a stronger neighbour by saying yes to an unfair demand.
A parent父母 may可能會 with a biscuit用一塊餅乾 appease安撫 a crying child一個正在哭的孩子 A country一個國家 may可能會 by saying yes to an unfair demand用同意一個不公平的要求 appease來安撫 a stronger neighbour一個更強大的鄰國
Though actually the word often carries a little : people feel you have given in, and that the other side may only ask for more. History class uses it that way about the 1930s, when Britain and France tried to keep peace by giving Hitler pieces of what he wanted.
Though actually不過事實上 the word這個字 often carries a little frown常常帶著一點皺眉的感覺： people feel人們會覺得 you have given in你讓步了 and that而且 the other side對方 may only ask for more可能只會要求更多。 History class歷史課 uses it that way會用這個意思 about the 1930s來講1930年代 when當時 Britain and France英國和法國 tried to想 by giving Hitler pieces of what he wanted用把希特勒想要的東西一部分一部分給他的方式 keep peace來維持和平
It is a fairly formal verb. In ordinary talk we more often say calm someone down, give in, or keep the peace.
It is a fairly formal verb這是一個相當正式的動詞。 In ordinary talk在日常對話裡 we more often say我們更常說 calm someone down讓某人冷靜下來、 give in讓步、 or或 keep the peace維持和平
Older writing also speaks of appeasing hunger or thirst — feeding the feeling until it eases — but that use lives more in books than in the street.
Older writing比較舊式的寫作 also speaks of appeasing也會說安撫 hunger or thirst飢餓或口渴 — feeding the feeling until it eases餵飽那種感覺直到它緩解 — but但 that use這種用法 lives more in books比較活在書本裡 than in the street而不是在街頭巷尾的口語裡
組成From Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser, “to pacify, bring to peace.” The old picture is bringing someone back to peace.
同家族的字
- appeasementthe noun: the act or policy of doing this
- peacethe Old French verb meant to bring someone to peace
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
appeaseverb/əˈpiːz/
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To make quiet; to calm; to reduce (something) to a state of peace; to dispel (anger, hatred, etc.).
- to appease the tumult of the ocean
- 'First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'
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To make conciliatory offerings or concessions to (someone) in an attempt to dispel their anger, aggression, etc.; to adapt to the demands of; to come to terms with.
- They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.
- Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has suggested climate change is “probably doing good” in a speech in London in which he likened policies to combat it to “primitive people once killing goats to appease the volcano gods” .
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。