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

• This is protectionism without the protection. Pure appeasement Politics: calculated and cynical.
  这是毫无保护作用的保护主义，是纯粹的绥靖政治：精心设计且犬儒主义。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Appeasement is an age-old tactic of diplomacy.
  绥靖政策是一种古老的外交策略。
• The Europeans 'appeasement policy towards irrational regimes would only aggravate the hidden dangers.
  欧洲国家对非理性政权的绥靖政策，只会让潜在危机恶化。
• We have an obligation to call this what it is-the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.
  我们有责任指出真相以正视听。这种自欺欺人的、貌似有理的绥靖政策已经一再被历史证明其荒谬之处。
• 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。
• It would allow the sharp-witted time to choose appeasement, defence or possibly even pre-emptive attack.
  这可以使他最紧急的时刻选择冷静下来，防守或甚至先发制人。