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单词 pacify
释义
pacify
verb[T]
uk
/ˈpæs.ɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈpæs.ə.faɪ/

pacifyverb[T](CALM)

tocausesomeone who isangryorupsetto becalmandsatisfied:
使平静，平息；安抚
He pacified hiscryingchildwithabottle.他用奶瓶来哄自己哭闹的孩子。
It wasdifficultfor thepoliceto pacify theangrycrowd.警方很难使愤怒的人群平静下来。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to become calm or make someone calm
  • calm downDad was really angry and it was a long time before he calmed down.
  • calmHe calmed the crying baby.
  • settle downChildren, settle down and take your seats!
  • simmer downOkay, simmer down - no one's trying to upset you.
  • cool down/offWhy don't you go for a walk and cool off?
  • chill outMum, chill out! I'll be home before midnight, I promise!
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Calming and relaxing
  • assuage
  • balls-to-the-wall
  • bask
  • bread
  • bread and circusesidiom
  • calm
  • chill
  • humour
  • let/blow off steamidiom
  • lie down
  • lightensomethingup
  • lull
  • lullsomeoneintosomething
  • relaxation
  • settle
  • shirt
  • simmer
  • simmer down
  • slow down
  • slow lane
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pacifyverb[T](PEACE)

tobringpeaceto aplaceor endwarin aplace, often usingmilitaryforce:
A UNforcehas beensentin totryand pacify theareaworstaffectedby thecivilwar.已派去一支联合国部队以设法稳定受内战影响最严重的地区。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stopping fighting
  • anti-militarist
  • anti-militaristic
  • armistice
  • beat/turn swords into ploughsharesidiom
  • ceasefire
  • demilitarization
  • demilitarize
  • fall
  • fall back
  • lay
  • laysomethingdown
  • non-combat
  • pacification
  • pull
  • pull back
  • pullout
  • surrender
  • sword
  • truce

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pacification
(Definition ofpacifyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
pacify
verb[T]
uk
/ˈpæs.ɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈpæs.ə.faɪ/

pacifyverb[T](CALM)

tocausesomeone who isangryorupsetto becalmandsatisfied
使平静，平息；安抚
He pacified hiscryingchildwithabottle.他用奶瓶来哄自己哭闹的孩子。
It wasdifficultfor thepoliceto pacify theangrycrowd.警方很难使愤怒的人群平静下来。

pacifyverb[T](PEACE)

tobringpeaceto aplaceor endwarin aplace
平定，平息；绥靖
A UNforcehas beensentin totryand pacify theareaworstaffectedby thecivilwar.已派去一支联合国部队以设法稳定受内战影响最严重的地区。

pacify| American Dictionary

pacify
verb[T]
us
/ˈpæs·əˌfɑɪ/
tocausesomeone who isangryorupsetto becalmandsatisfied:
Thegovernorlaterapologized, butunionmembersweren’t pacified.
To pacify aplaceis tobringpeacethere or end awar:
The USplanstosendtroopsto pacify thecountry.
(Definition ofpacifyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpacify

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He claimed that trade reduces the incentives for conflict, and this pacifying effect of trade would diminish rapidly with a larger number of countries.
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The offering might be accepted, pacifying the deity, or rejected as insufficient or of the wrong kind, angering the deity.
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Institutions and policies probably do sometimes change when leaders of conflicting classes reassess the costs of conflict and accept pacifying compromises of lesser cost.
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If he pacifies him skilfully enough, he might even make another sale on his colleague's behalf.
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Recent evidence, in fact, suggests that the pacifying affect of democracy may be conditional on the level of development.
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Thus, we are able to demonstrate that the pacifying effect of democracy in combination with development extends to rival states, the most conflict prone dyads in the international system.
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Second, bioethics is often regarded as a specific technology itself, aimed at resolving or at least "pacifying" the moral consequences of the use of medical technologies.
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You have anyhow topacifythem, and should employ subterfuges.
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How does one assess a case where the emperor acts by seeking to restrain the military orpacifydomestic opponents?
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Secondly, the worldwide proliferation of regionalism also cannot be explained by liberal assumptions that free trade enhance the interdependence and finallypacifythe inter-state relationship.
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What he does not do is try topacifythe victim, to make war acceptable.
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We also did not believe our descriptions of mice freely climbing about the underside of water filled cages, wouldpacifythe skeptics either.
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Liberal democracy, private life, civil rights and interest groups are all simply ideological constructs designed topacifyand mislead.
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Also, this form of poverty control and management is most susceptible to applications intended topacifypotentially disorderly groups.
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The conservatives had no real control over him, they simply had topacifyhim.
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