pacify: suggests a smoothing or calming or the quelling of insurrection: a sincere apology seemed to ~ his rage. (smooth除了光滑还表平静，谚语a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor平静海面培养不出出色的水手，calm意思一样) (rage和anger区别: anger泛指任何生气,rage指非常生气,几乎失控，如screaming with rage愤怒吼叫)  (insurrection泛指反抗起义，一般组织性较弱，如slaves' insurrection奴隶起义)


appease: implies the quieting of agitation or insistent demands by making concessions: nothing seemed to ~ their appetite for territorial expansion.


placate: suggest a change of resentment or bitterness to goodwill: bought flower to ~ his irate wife.   (irate非常生气: very angry,如irate customer暴怒的顾客)


mollify: implies the softening of anger or the soothing of hurt feelings by positive action: a promise of a hearing ~ied the demonstrators.


propitiate: implies the averting of anger or malevolence or the winning of favor especially of a powerful person: ~ his mother-in-law by getting the clean-cut look. （malevolence恶意: 形容自身邪恶，如deep malevolence governed his every act他做的每件事都有深深恶意）


conciliate: suggests the ending of an estrangement by persuasion, concession or settling of differences: America's efforts to ~ the nations of the Middle East.     (estrange疏远甚至敌对,如estranged from family after years of neglect多年的忽视使他和家人彻底疏远)


pacify平息: 使平静不再抗议(insurrection起义,一般只是抗议)，appease绥靖: 通过让步使安静满足(to make concessions让步)，placate安抚:由苦恨变成善意，mollify缓和: 缓解愤怒伤害(soothe就是soften缓和缓解)，propitiate讨好: 避免愤怒恶意赢得好感，多指讨好权贵，conciliate和解: 结束此前的疏远敌对，如劝说让步消除分歧。


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         2）练习一下

         3）安抚的意思是平息愤怒困扰mean to ease or quilt the anger or disturbance of someone or something.首字母MAC PPP的P想成PP CAMP两人去宿营<==安抚不和