appeasement

英 [əˈpiːzmənt]

美 [əˈpiːzmənt]

n.  平息;安抚;绥靖

法律

BNC.22066 / COCA.19362

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 平息;安抚;绥靖
  Appeasementmeans giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
  1. He denied there is a policy of appeasement...
     他否认有绥靖政策存在。
  2. They have already been accused of appeasement by more militant organisations.
     已有更多的好战组织谴责他们采取姑息态度。

英英释义

noun

• the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
  Synonym:calming

双语例句

• After taking umbrage at remarks George Bush made in Israel about appeasement, Mr Obama went on to argue that the threat from Iran was not of the same magnitude as that posed by the Soviet Union.
  乔治・布什在以色列发表演讲，认为同伊朗对话是”绥靖行为“，奥巴马对此表示抗议。奥巴马继续指出，伊朗的威胁同当年苏联的威胁不可同日而语。
• Such deals have been condemned as appeasement by critics in Washington and Seoul.
  美国和韩国的批评人士谴责这种交易是绥靖政策。
• Music is an appeasement to shattered nerves.
  音乐可抚慰受重创的神经。
• He was convinced appeasement would never work.
  他相信绥靖政策是不会奏效的。
• The Europeans 'appeasement policy towards irrational regimes would only aggravate the hidden dangers.
  欧洲国家对非理性政权的绥靖政策，只会让潜在危机恶化。
• The truth is that China reneged, ignoring those who called for patience and vindicating those who said appeasement would fail.
  可事实是，中国食言了。它无视那些呼吁耐心的人，并由此证明那些认为绥靖策略会失败的人是对的。
• The proposition is that the world's superpower has a binary choice between aggression and appeasement in the conduct of foreign policy.
  人们的看法是，作为世界超级大国，美国在外交政策上有两种选择：或者咄咄逼人，或者息事宁人。
• So no one should be surprised by the latest Russian offensive: there is no more powerful a provocation to the Kremlin than appeasement.
  因此，应该没有人对俄罗斯最新的进攻感到意外：对克里姆林宫来说，没有比绥靖政策更大的挑衅了。
• Yet no word captures the general mood of Europe better than appeasement.
  然而，没有什么词比绥靖更能体现欧洲当前的普遍心态。
• The epitome of the policy of appeasement was the Munich agreement of 30 September 1938.
  这种绥靖政策的缩影是1938年9月30日的幕尼黑协定。