appease

懐柔する、なだめる

怒りを鎮めたり攻撃を防いだりするため、相手の要求に応じること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： 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.)

類義語： placate, mollify, conciliate

反対語： defy

よく使う表現： appease an aggressor, appease the gods, appease someone's critics

なだめる、落ち着かせる

怒っている人や脅してくる人を落ち着かせること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： calm, pacify, soothe, placate

反対語： anger, provoke

よく使う表現： appease someone, appease angry customers, appease the crowd

鎮める、和らげる

怒りや騒ぎ、激しい動きを抑えて穏やかにすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： calm, soothe, quell, allay

反対語： inflame, aggravate

よく使う表現： appease someone's anger, appease the unrest, appease the storm