cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
\\\"She managed to mollify the angry customer\\\"
overcome or allay;
\\\"quell my hunger\\\"
make peace with
造句
用作動詞(v.)
Chamberlain tried to appease Hitler at Munich. 張伯倫在慕尼黑盡量安撫希特勒。
His attempts to appease her only added fuel to the fire. 他試著安撫她，結果卻造成火上加油的局面。
State governments are left scrabbling to appease ruraldisgruntlement rather than investing in efforts to lift theproductivity of land and labour. 政府花錢努力來提高農民和工人的生產力還不如想辦法緩和農民的不滿。
Many in the New Republic began to turn against the Jedi in an effort to appease the Yuuzhan Vong and blunt their destructive incursions. 新共和國的許多人開始反對絕地，他們對遇戰瘋人實施綏靖政策，試圖以此緩和遇戰瘋人毀滅性的入侵行動。
It can be equally rash to lie down and try to appease it. 但立刻躺下與試圖平息灰熊的怒火也同樣是輕率之舉。
It is a blunder for them to try to appease the aggressor. 他們想姑息侵略者，那是一個大錯。
State-run media in Egypt said Mr. Bush aims to do nothing but appease Israel. 埃及官方媒體說，除了姑息以色列外，布什沒有其他目的。