pacifying
present participle ofpacify
| 单词 | pacifying |
| 释义 | pacifying present 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
Examplesofpacifyingpacifying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He claimed that trade reduces the incentives for conflict, and thispacifyingeffect of trade would diminish rapidly with a larger number of countries. From theCambridge English Corpus The offering might be accepted,pacifyingthe deity, or rejected as insufficient or of the wrong kind, angering the deity. From theCambridge English Corpus Institutions and policies probably do sometimes change when leaders of conflicting classes reassess the costs of conflict and acceptpacifyingcompromises of lesser cost. From theCambridge English Corpus When states in a dispute do not have any outside politically relevant allies, their alliance definitely has apacifyingeffect. From theCambridge English Corpus Recent evidence, in fact, suggests that thepacifyingaffect of democracy may be conditional on the level of development. From theCambridge English Corpus Liberal theory emphasizes thepacifyingeffects of democratization, economic development and international organizations. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, we are able to demonstrate that thepacifyingeffect of democracy in combination with development extends to rival states, the most conflict prone dyads in the international system. From theCambridge English Corpus 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. From theCambridge English Corpus If that would cease, there would be a good opportunity of reaching thepacifyingsituation we all seek to find. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That was of course absolutely true, but he overlooked the fact that reconstructing andpacifyingthe country needed different skills and a different force balance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was always a unifying andpacifyinginfluence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She "went to town" about it, and, believe me, she took somepacifying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In contrast, the word "harmony" is a smooth andpacifyingword. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, if they are more interested inpacifyingnationalists, they may have a more liberal view of the amendments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have before us the great task ofpacifyingthe world. 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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