appeasement

英 [əˈpiːzmənt]

美 [əˈpiːzmənt]

n.  平息;安抚;绥靖

法律

BNC.22066 / COCA.19362

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 平息;安抚;绥靖
  Appeasementmeans giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
  1. He denied there is a policy of appeasement...
     他否认有绥靖政策存在。
  2. They have already been accused of appeasement by more militant organisations.
     已有更多的好战组织谴责他们采取姑息态度。

英英释义

noun

• the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
  Synonym:calming

双语例句

• Munich, the 1938 Hitler-Chamberlain meeting that now symbolizes the idea of appeasement ( Jonathan Alter)
  慕尼黑，1938年希特勒与张伯伦的会晤现已为绥靖主义的象征（乔纳森奥尔特）
• The truth is that China reneged, ignoring those who called for patience and vindicating those who said appeasement would fail.
  可事实是，中国食言了。它无视那些呼吁耐心的人，并由此证明那些认为绥靖策略会失败的人是对的。
• In this century, when evil men plot chemical, biological and nuclear terror, a policy of appeasement could bring destruction of a kind never before seen on this earth.
  在这个世纪里，当邪恶的人们密谋化学、生物和核恐怖的时候，绥靖政策会招致地球上从未有过的大毁灭。
• Since this falls short of immediate unilateral sanctions, many in the US will see it not as a measured escalation but as the continuation of appeasement by other means.
  由于这算不上直接单方面制裁，美国许多人不会认为这是一种有步骤的对抗升级，而是换种方式继续绥靖。
• The proposition is that the world's superpower has a binary choice between aggression and appeasement in the conduct of foreign policy.
  人们的看法是，作为世界超级大国，美国在外交政策上有两种选择：或者咄咄逼人，或者息事宁人。
• The Europeans 'appeasement policy towards irrational regimes would only aggravate the hidden dangers.
  欧洲国家对非理性政权的绥靖政策，只会让潜在危机恶化。
• Yet no word captures the general mood of Europe better than appeasement.
  然而，没有什么词比绥靖更能体现欧洲当前的普遍心态。
• After taking umbrage at remarks George Bush made in Israel about appeasement, Mr Obama went on to argue that the threat from Iran was not of the same magnitude as that posed by the Soviet Union.
  乔治・布什在以色列发表演讲，认为同伊朗对话是”绥靖行为“，奥巴马对此表示抗议。奥巴马继续指出，伊朗的威胁同当年苏联的威胁不可同日而语。
• His newspapers were peddling the twin policies of appeasement and optimism.
  他的报纸在竭力兜售姑息与乐观的双重政策。
• Moscow hopes that Europe will eventually have to agree to appeasement and remove the sanctions.
  莫斯科希望，欧洲将最终不得不同意实施绥靖政策，并取消制裁。