pacifying

英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ]

v.  使平静; 平息; 抚慰; 平息战争; 使实现和平
pacify的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 安抚；抚慰；使平静
  If youpacifysomeone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased.
  1. Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...
     这一措施是来真的？还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士？
  2. She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
     她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
• VERB 平定；平息；镇压
  If the army or the policepacifya group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests.
  1. Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...
     政府军发现难以平定叛军。
  2. They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
     当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。

双语例句

• Bush Administration's Taiwan policy has been shifted from pro-Taiwan and pacifying Taiwan to curbing Taiwan, a policy that is of continuous adjustment, clear strategy, stronger military relations and adverse interaction with China policy.
  布什政府第一任期内的对台政策经历了从亲台、抚台向抑台的转变，呈现出不断调整、战略清晰化、军事关系强化、与对华政策反向互动等特征。
• Stemmed from pacifying policy of Tang Dynasty, and further developed in Yuan and Qing Dynasties, China chieftain system gradually matured in Qing Dynasty.
  在唐代羁縻政策基础上演化而来的土司制度，经过元、明两代的发展，到清代已日臻完善。
• It suggests that the decline of the west began precisely when Nato pulled out of Afghanistan without accomplishing [ its] mission of pacifying the Taliban.
  信中说，北约没有完成平定塔利班的使命即撤出阿富汗的那一刻，正是西方衰落开始之时。
• I pray you, answered the minister, if thou hast any means of pacifying the child, do it forthwith!
  我恳求你了，牧师回答说，如果你有什么办法能让这孩子安静下来，赶紧拿出来吧！
• Le Quy Don paid attention to the sea and made much record of the coastland, inshore islands, islets, shoals and coastal voyages in the middle and southern Vietnam in his writing of Phu Bien Tap Luc ( A Miscellany of Pacifying Frontier Areas).
  黎贵惇关注海洋，所著《抚边杂录》中对于越南中部和南部沿海岸地区、近海岛屿沙洲和近海航海活动有较多记载。
• The Application of Pacifying Touch on Postpartum Visiting
  抚触在产后访视中的应用
• On the whole, Pre-Qin Confucians place theirs 'ideal of governing the country and pacifying the world on Monarch and His Subjects with holy morality, it has a distinct tendency of moral idealism.
  总的看来，先秦儒家把治国、平天下的理想寄托于有内圣之德的君臣之上，具有鲜明的道德理想主义倾向。
• This spot is amazing soothing and pacifying in itself.
  这点是惊人的舒缓和安抚本身。
• At the moment, concerned consumers seem to be leading the battle against climate change; many companies are focused on pacifying them rather than achieving anything more substantial.
  目前，关心气候问题的消费者似乎领导着反气候变化的斗争；许多公司却将重点放在安抚他们上，而非取得更具实质性的成果。
• The peculiar aroma is conducive to relaxing and pacifying, creating a fragrant atmosphere for taking a bath.
  特有芳香气息有助于放松心情、松驰安抚情绪，营造沐浴芬芳氛围。