English主要词典
pacify
Universal Words
verb (pacifies, pacifying, pacified, pacified) [VN]
1 to make sb who is angry or upset become calm and quiet:
The baby could not be pacified. * The announcement was designed to pacify the irate crowd.
2 to bring peace to an area where there is fighting or a war:
a turbulent period before the country was pacified
pacification noun [U]
