Wordiyoplacate
🇬🇧 UK/plә'keit/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To calm or appease someone who is angry or upset
抚慰，平息，使息怒
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.placate someone's anger平息某人的怒火
- 2.[placate critics]安抚批评者
- 3.attempt to placate试图安抚
- 4.placate the crowd安抚人群
Example Sentences
- 1.
The manager tried to placate the angry customer by offering a full refund.
- 2.
Nothing he said seemed to placate her after the argument.
- 3.
The government announced new subsidies in an attempt to placate struggling farmers.