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。
• Criminal reconciliation not only breaks the traditional criminal system which was known by its mandatory and severity, but also helpful to pacifying social conflict and balancing the interests between the victims, perpetrator and the public.
  刑事和解打破了以强制性、严厉性著称的传统刑事诉讼制度，对于平抑社会冲突、实现被害人利益、犯罪人利益、公共利益三者之间的平衡保护具有特殊的价值。
• 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。
• Prince Charles was told by Queen Elizabeth to go ahead with the divorce and to stop pacifying his alcoholic wife, according to the July 14th print edition of Globe Magazine.
  据7月第14期的Globe杂志报道，女王伊丽莎白二世要求查尔斯王子着手离婚并停止安抚他酗酒的妻子。
• 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！
• For Pat Oliphant, President Bush's attempt to conduct a normal presidency while pacifying Iraq is like living in a small flat with a large tiger.
  在漫画家奥列芬特看来，布什总统要想在伊拉克恢复和平的同时履行总统的正常职能，就像和一只大老虎住在一件小房子里。
• 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。
• For victims, protecting, remedying and pacifying them.
  对被害人的保护功能、救济功能和安抚功能；
• Think washing floors, scrubbing the grill, cutting the lawn, watering plants, changing cat litter, vacuuming the carpet& and, for good measure, pacifying the baby and entertaining the older children.
  想想看，那些清洁地板、擦洗烧烤架、修剪草坪、给植物浇水、换猫砂和吸地毯的家务活儿&更妙的是，还能哄哄小婴儿，逗逗大孩子。
• The Application of Pacifying Touch on Postpartum Visiting
  抚触在产后访视中的应用