placate
英 /plə'keit/
中文釋義
vt. 撫慰,使和解,懷柔
v. to calm someone down; to appease.
常用搭配
- placate the crowd安撫人羣
- placate someone's anger平息某人怒氣
- placate a situation緩和局勢
例句
- He bought her flowers to placate her.他買花來哄她消氣。
- The airline offered vouchers to placate stranded passengers.航空公司發代金券安撫滯留的旅客。