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- pacify somebody
to make somebody who is angry or upset become calm and quiet 使平静；平息；抚慰 - pacify something
to bring peace to an area where there is fighting or a war 平息战争；使实现和平 a turbulent period before the country was pacified 这个国家安定下来之前的动荡时期
Word Originlate 15th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as pacification): from Old French pacefier, from Latin pacificare, based on pax, pac- ‘peace’.