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placate

verb

🔊/pləˈkeɪt/

🔊/ˈpleɪkeɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they placate	🔊/pləˈkeɪt/ 🔊/ˈpleɪkeɪt/
he / she / it placates	🔊/pləˈkeɪts/ 🔊/ˈpleɪkeɪts/
past simple placated	🔊/pləˈkeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈpleɪkeɪtɪd/
past participle placated	🔊/pləˈkeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈpleɪkeɪtɪd/
-ing form placating	🔊/pləˈkeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈpleɪkeɪtɪŋ/

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placate somebody to make somebody feel less angry about something安抚；平息（怒气） synonym pacify
- She saw the anger in his eyes and stepped forward with a placating smile.她看到了他眼中的愤怒，并带着轻松的微笑走上前去。
- The concessions did little to placate the students.让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。🔊🔊
Extra Examples
- They have placated the students with offers of extra tuition before the exams.他们要求学生在考试前提供额外的学费。
- measures designed to placate the demonstrators旨在安抚示威者的措施
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin placat- ‘appeased’, from the verb placare.