pacified
past simple and past participle ofpacify
| 单词 | pacified |
| 释义 | pacified past simple and past participle ofpacify pacify verb[T] uk/ˈpæs.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˈpæs.ə.faɪ/pacifyverb[T](CALM)tocausesomeone who isangryorupsetto becalmandsatisfied: He pacified hiscryingchildwithabottle. It wasdifficultfor thepoliceto pacify theangrycrowd. to become calm or make someone calm
Calming and relaxing
pacifyverb[T](PEACE)tobringpeaceto aplaceor endwarin aplace, often usingmilitaryforce: A UNforcehas beensentin totryand pacify theareaworstaffectedby thecivilwar. Stopping fighting
Examplesofpacifiedpacified In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Granaries in ' hostile ' territory were emptied, while villages, once 'pacified', were required to provide food to sustain the occupying army. From theCambridge English Corpus The threatened withdrawal of scholarships may havepacifiedstudents of other faculties, but these 'bourgeois' students often had alternative sources of income. From theCambridge English Corpus It is that whole area that has to bepacifiedand freed from fear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the bullring, there are bulls that will simply not bepacified. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It has beenpacifiedin the last twenty-five years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the method adopted—what is the least sop that the working classes will accept by which they will bepacifiedfor the time being? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The details of that occupation, in view of the fact that the country has never beenpacified, it would be inappropriate to discuss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They might even bepacified; they might even understand that those behind them and those in front of them desperately mind about the principle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 How can one expect the people to bepacifiedin the face of such experience? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I allowed enough margin to ensure that everyone could bepacified, and a good result has been achieved today. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English All the time we have had this battle of the waiting lists and the dissatisfied subscriber who had to bepacified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In so far as the new tax will place a penalty on consumers, we ought to argue that they also should bepacified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That happened despite all the safeguards which the firm takes, and it was only with the greatest difficulty that the firmpacifiedthe customer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would not havepacifiedthe area—there is no doubt at all about that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have not beenpacified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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