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pacify 音標拼音: [p'æsəf ,ɑɪ] vt. 使平靜,安慰,綏靖 使平靜,安慰,綏靖 pacify v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; " She managed to mollify the angry customer" [ synonym: { pacify}, { lenify}, { conciliate}, { assuage}, { appease}, { mollify}, { placate}, { gentle}, { gruntle}] 2: fight violence and try to establish peace in ( a location); " The U. N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia" Pacify \ Pac" i* fy\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Pacified}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Pacifying}.] [ F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis, peace - ficare ( in comp.) to make. See { Peace}, and {- fy}.] To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. " Pray ye, pacify yourself." -- Shak. Syn: lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1. 5] To pacify and settle those countries. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " pacify": allay, alleviate, appease, arrange, array, assuage, calm, calm down, cease, compose, conciliate, cool, cool off, cradle, defuse, deploy, die down, dispose, dulcify, dwindle, ease, ebb, even out, form, gentle, grade, halt, harmonize, hierarchize, hush, lay, lay out, lay the dust, line up, lull, marshal, methodize, mitigate, moderate, molder, mollify, normalize, order, organize, placate, pour balm into, pour balm on, propitiate, qualify, quell, quiesce, quiet, quieten, rank, regularize, regulate, relieve, rest, rock, rock to sleep, routinize, set up, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, soften, soothe, stabilize, standardize, steady, still, stop, structure, subdue, subside, sweeten, systematize, temper, tranquilize, wane |
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