pacify

1. V-T If you pacify someone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased. 安撫

Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?

這是個嚴肅的步驟呢，還是僅僅用來取悅批評者的？

2. V-T If the army or the police pacify a group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests. 平息

Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels. 政府軍發現難以平定叛亂分子。

3. pacificationN-UNCOUNT

...the pacification of the country. ...該國的平定。