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• placate   /pləˈkeɪt/ DJ   /ˈpleɪkeɪt/ DJ US   /'pleket/ KK US
  • to make somebody feel less angry about something 安抚；平息（怒气） verb VN
    • See also:
      pacify Synonym
    • a placating smile 表示和解的微笑
    • The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

English dictionary

• placate
  • If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry.

Synonyms

• verb: appease, pacify, soothe, propitiate, mollify, conciliate, calm, tranquilize, lull, tranquillize, quieten, reconcile

Web translations

Web definitions

• • pacify: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
    
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• • To calm; to bring peace to; to sate someone who was furious up to the point that they are content, or at least no longer irate
    
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• • placating - appeasing(a): intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating ...
    
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