appeased
past simple and past participle ofappease
| 单词 | appeased |
| 释义 | appeased past simple and past participle ofappease appease verb[T] disapprovinguk/əˈpiːz/us/əˈpiːz/topreventfurtherdisagreementinargumentsorwarby giving to theopposingsideanadvantagethat they havedemanded: Sheclaimedthat thegovernmenthad onlychangedthelawinorderto appeasetheircritics. Synonyms placate propitiateformal International relations: diplomacy & mediation
Examplesofappeasedappeased In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Where the moderates coaxed,appeasedand conciliated, the radicals preferred to cajole, to threaten and to force. From theCambridge English Corpus Usually bliss occurs when desires are temporarilyappeasedand the common mental diffuseness is forgotten. From theCambridge English Corpus The new treatyappeasedboth the agrarian lobby and heavy industry as well as export-orientated light industry. From theCambridge English Corpus For a long time the sea howls and the river replies, but little by little, the winds areappeasedand the sea is calmed. From theCambridge English Corpus By doing this, the local communities and the local authorities, who are constantly haunted by dreams of access to forestry ' royalties ', could be politicallyappeased. From theCambridge English Corpus A dissatisfied group that expresses discontent with the current hierarchical arrangement may beappeasedby a grant of some degree of local autonomy. From theCambridge English Corpus Although tensions were ultimatelyappeased, the result was political polarisation, institutional incoherence and fragile governance by ad hoc policy-making, the president increasingly governing by executive decree. From theCambridge English Corpus Those who are drunk with power are not easilyappeased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not a group which will beappeased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not concern someone's conscience that has to beappeasedbut a fact that would have to be proved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The powerful minorities with friends in high places hold sway and have to beappeased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to remember the people with whom we are dealing—a people possessing great pride, a people easilyappeased, and even more easily hurt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is that indignation and there is a desire that that indignation should beappeased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 From then on the union wasappeasedand a blind eye was turned to good management practices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In my view, the trade unions will not beappeasedby any marginal increase in social benefits. 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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