placating
present participle ofplacate
| 单词 | placating |
| 释义 | placating present participle ofplacate placate verb[T] uk/pləˈkeɪt/us/ˈpleɪ.keɪt/tostopsomeone fromfeelingangry: Outragedminoritygroupswill not be placated bypromisesoffutureimprovements. Synonyms appeasedisapproving assuageformal conciliate mollify pacify to become calm or make someone calm
Calming and relaxing
Examplesofplacatingplacating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Yet on the other hand, policy is also fiendishly designed to supply cheap labour whileplacatinga nativist electorate. From theCambridge English Corpus The behaviour implicit in the clause will be partly construed as a justification forplacatingthe unions, whether as a down payment or not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All this talk ofplacatingand incentives is coming from the other side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It might have been due to the difficulties ofplacatingand consulting all the interests concerned but it is a bad delay nevertheless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At present some sentencing seems to be geared more toplacatingthe victims or their families' rage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We areplacatingthe wealthy and punishing the poor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason for that is the necessity of appeasing orplacatingthe sentiment of the local authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I very much doubt whether you can buy off the wolves byplacatingthe jackals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I move about among the workers a fair amount, and they do not wantplacating; they want justice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We may now be going too far inplacatingemployer interests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Any question ofplacatingme is not affected by the method chosen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They concentrate on the provision of services, rather than onplacatingtheir trade union friends by ensuring the continuance of restrictive practices and overmanning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not merely a question ofplacatingthe friendly societies, or throwing a sop to the doctors, or to any other aggrieved class. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there to be money this year or is there only going to be extra money next year—placatingthis year's crisis with next year's funds? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In our view it would still be a socially unjust case, but it might be a case forplacatingsome broad sections in the community. 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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