appease /əˈpi:z/ vt. 1．平息（怒气，纷争等）；（以满足对方要求等让步方式）抚慰：Nothing could appease the crying child. 什么东西都没法让孩子不哭。2．缓解（饥渴等）；使（胃口、欲望等）得以满足：Water appeases thirst. 水能解渴。Her stomach is appeased. 她的肚子饱了。3．绥靖，姑息：Chamberlain should never have tried to appease Hitler. 张伯伦根本不应该试图对希特勒进行绥靖。4．对…的要求作出让步：The boy appeased his father and went back home. 男孩听了父亲的话，回家去了。