appeasing
present participle ofappease
| 单词 | appeasing |
| 释义 | appeasing present 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
Examplesofappeasingappeasing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Promoters and agents seem to accept this blame as part of theirappeasingduty. From theCambridge English Corpus The rearmament programme ironically reinforced this preference for maintaining the status quo andappeasingboth business and labour. From theCambridge English Corpus Governments were able to worry less about protecting themselves and could turn toappeasingpowerful civilian interest groups. From theCambridge English Corpus In several parts of the province, authorities hastily revoked it, without however succeeding inappeasingthe rebels. From theCambridge English Corpus But by arguing for the occasional need to make exceptions to the laws, the argument also goes some way towardappeasingthe opposing radical position that opposes rhetoric. From theCambridge English Corpus Is it the case that we areappeasingour conscience by having formulated such a resolution? FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English But they are only falselyappeasingtheir guilty conscience. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We cannot buy peace byappeasingan enemy at the expense of our friends. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What do we get byappeasingpeople who do not like us and betraying those who do? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Appeasingevil not only degrades any government or body that does it, but it also achieves nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the kind of feeling we areappeasing, because there is no economic, housing or education case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Far fromappeasingthe teachers, he has made matters considerably worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 First, if adequate and efficient home defence exists at a moment of crisis, the effect might well result in courageous rather thanappeasingpolitical decisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They paint a co-operative approach as an emollient orappeasingone and one which will not bring results. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has sought to present himself as being in anappeasingmood. 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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