placating
安抚性,安抚性的,安抚,劝慰
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pla·cat·ed, pla·cat·ing.
- : to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
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So they’re trying to figure out what are the words they need to say to placate the stock market.
Beijing has gone from placating them, to ignoring them, to telling them that democracy is not for them.
Instead of responding in kind to my placating overtures, the attitude of the whiskered man became more threatening than ever.
Allan took it calmly, made a placating remark or two, and lapsed into a friendly silence.
Withal he gave me never excuse of ending him or placating him, but shifted upon me the burden of choosing time and spot.
Mrs. Bowen did not respond to the question of placating and punishing her protégée with sustained interest.
Ellen cast a sidelong look at Manape, and there was something distinctly placating in her eyes.