pacify /ˈpæsɪˌfaɪ/ TEM8 ( pacifying, pacified, pacifies )

• 1. 

  V-T If you pacify someone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased. 安抚

  例：

  Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?

  这是个严肃的步骤呢，还是仅仅用来取悦批评者的？

• 2. 

  V-T If the army or the police pacify a group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests. 平息

  例：

  Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels.

  政府军发现难以平定叛乱分子。

• 3. 

  pacification N-UNCOUNT

  例：

  ...the pacification of the country.

  ...该国的平定。