appease

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Birinin öfkesini dindirmek veya saldırısını önlemek için istediğini vermek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To give someone what they demand in order to stop their anger or prevent an attack.

• They offered gifts to appease the gods.
• The government appeased protesters by dropping the tax.
• Giving more land would only encourage the ruler they hoped to appease.

Nasıl kullanılır: appease someone with something (They tried to appease the rebels with promises of land.); appease someone by doing something (He appeased his critics by changing the rules.)

Eş anlamlılar: placate, mollify, conciliate

Zıt anlamlılar: defy

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: appease an aggressor, appease the gods, appease someone's critics

yatıştırmak, sakinleştirmek

Öfkeli ya da tehditkâr birini sakinleştirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make an angry or threatening person calmer.

• Her gentle voice appeased him.
• The manager tried to appease the angry customer.
• Nothing we said could appease the furious crowd.

Eş anlamlılar: calm, pacify, soothe, placate

Zıt anlamlılar: anger, provoke

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: appease someone, appease angry customers, appease the crowd

yatıştırmak, dindirmek

Öfkeyi, huzursuzluğu veya şiddetli hareketleri azaltıp ortamı sakinleştirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To reduce anger, unrest, or violent movement and make it peaceful.

• Time slowly appeased her anger.
• The promise of reform did little to appease the unrest.
• In the tale, a song appeases the storm.

Eş anlamlılar: calm, soothe, quell, allay

Zıt anlamlılar: inflame, aggravate

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: appease someone's anger, appease the unrest, appease the storm