placate
placate /ˈpleɪkeɪt/ nghĩa là xoa dịu
Các nghĩa
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xoa dịu
To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
To-day a deity who should require bleeding sacrifices to placate him would be too sanguinary to be taken seriously.
They turned their shoulders to her most savage slashes, and with wagging tails and mincing steps strove to placate her wrath.
Dạng khác
- placates present, singular, third-person
- placating participle, present
- placated participle, past