柯林斯詞典placate /pl??ke?t/ (placating,placated,placates) 1. V-T If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. 安撫[正式] He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me. 他微笑了一下,做了一個意在安撫我的手勢。 返回 placate劍橋詞典to stop someone from feeling angry 平息,安撫 Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements . 許諾今後進行改善無法安撫憤怒的少數(shù)民族團躰。 返回 placate