V-T If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. 安抚 [正式]
He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me.
他微笑了一下，做了一个意在安抚我的手势。
The first involves placating regulators, who fret that it may be abusing its considerable power.
首先是安抚那些担心谷歌滥用权力的监管者。
It would seem insincere and placating to offer an apology minutes after your affair is discovered.
如果在被捉奸在床后的几分钟内就安慰性地跟对方道歉，就会显得很没诚意。
That means hiring local managers, investing in local research and placating local concerns-for example by listing subsidiaries locally.
这就意味着雇用当地管理者、在当地做调研、消弭当地人的担忧——如在当地建立分支机构，并且挂牌上市。
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