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

• 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。
• Since 1938, when Britain and France allowed Germany to annex parts of Czechoslovakia, appeasement has had a terrible rap, associated with cowardice and disastrous miscalculation.
  自1938年英国和法国放任德国吞并捷克斯洛伐克的部分地区以来，绥靖政策饱受诟病，人们将之与怯懦、灾难性误判联系在一起。
• 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。
• Since this falls short of immediate unilateral sanctions, many in the US will see it not as a measured escalation but as the continuation of appeasement by other means.
  由于这算不上直接单方面制裁，美国许多人不会认为这是一种有步骤的对抗升级，而是换种方式继续绥靖。
• During the Munich crisis, U.S.A. pursued the appeasement policy to Nazi Germany.
  1938年9月慕尼黑危机期间，美国对纳粹德国奉行绥靖政策。
• 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。
• Music is an appeasement to shattered nerves.
  音乐可抚慰受重创的神经。
• The British and French premiers, once they had abandoned appeasement, appealed to the Kremlin to sign an alliance to contain Nazism.
  英法政府首脑一旦抛弃绥靖政策，就呼吁克里姆林宫签订盟约，以遏制纳粹主义。
• He was convinced appeasement would never work.
  他相信绥靖政策是不会奏效的。
• 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。