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placate
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🇺🇸 /plˈeɪkeɪt/
🇬🇧 /pləˈkeɪt/
placate 主要作及物动词,表示安抚愤怒或不满的人,使对方平静下来;作形容词时是罕见且过时的用法,表示平静的。
💡 记忆钩子
把尖锐、愤怒的情绪想象成粗糙不平的表面:placate 就是把它慢慢“磨平”,先安抚对方,让怒气降下来;形容词义则直接表示已经平静、平和的状态。
📝 学习建议
- 优先掌握动词义;形容词义在现代英语中非常罕见,阅读古旧文本时再识别即可。
- 不要把 placate 只理解成一般的“让人高兴”;它通常针对已经生气、不满或难以安抚的人,重点是平息情绪。
📖 中文释义
adj
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rare 平静的;安宁的📖 表示情绪或状态已经平和、不再动荡,与动词义中“把怒气磨平”后的结果相连。obsolete rare
more placate
comparative
most placate
superlative
verb
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core 安抚;平息怒气📖 指设法让正在发怒或强烈不满的人冷静下来,把尖锐的情绪慢慢磨平。重点是平息对方的怒气,而不只是让普通听众感到愉快。💡 常用句型是“placate someone”或“placate someone with something”。它通常需要直接宾语,不能自然地表示“自己平静下来”;表达让自己冷静时应使用相应的反身或普通“冷静”表达。不要把 placate 与单纯的“取悦”混为一谈,因为它往往带有应对愤怒或抱怨的背景。transitiveThe manager offered a refund to placate the angry customer.经理提出退款,以安抚那位愤怒的顾客。She tried to placate her brother by apologizing.她试着道歉来安抚弟弟。
placates
present,singular,third-person
placating
participle,present
placated
participle,past
placated
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 1 组
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
同义词集:
pacify
lenify
conciliate
assuage
appease
mollify
placate
gentle
gruntle
She managed to mollify the angry customer
上位: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize
🌳 词源
源自拉丁语 placātus,原义与“使平滑、平息”有关,后来发展出“安抚、使平静”的意思。
First attested in the late 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin plācātus, perfect passive participle of plācō (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), ultimately thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat”), from *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin placeō (“appease”), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please.
🔄 变式
more placate
compar
most placate
superl
placated
past
placates
present
placating
present
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