a placating smile
安抚的微笑
The concessions did little to placate the students.
让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
1.安抚,抚慰;使和解;〈美〉得到(反对党等的)谅解
1.to stop someone from feeling angry or offended by being nice to them or by giving them what they want
1.Cracking down on women's rights has often been an easy way for governments, secular or not, to placate their more extreme allies or enemies.
无论是世俗还是非世俗政府,都常常把严格限制妇女权益当做安抚极端盟友或劲敌的捷径。
2.But on the streets of Athens, there is a sense that this latest effort to placate Greece's lenders may be a last straw for the public.
但是,从雅典街头的气氛看来,这个取悦贷款人的最新举措可能会成为压垮公众的最后一根稻草。
3.In fact Pakistan's new president, Asif Zardari, has been going out of his way-and courting controversy at home-to placate India.
实际上巴基斯坦的新总统扎尔达里已经竭尽所能的与印度达成和解,但此举却在巴国内引发了论战;
4.Accommodation failed to placate the critics and may have demoralized supporters of a strong defense.
迁就没有能安抚批评者,而可能使强大防务的支持者灰心丧气。
5.The various accounting bodies are trying to placate the politicians while avoiding watering down standards too much.
各家会计事务所正在一面尽力使政客们安心,同时避免过度降低标准。
6.But all that failed to placate the crowds, who finally got what they wanted later in the day: a Tunisia sans Ben Ali.
但所有这一切终究没能将人群安抚下来。突尼斯人最终在当天得到了他们想要的结局:赶走本·阿里。
7.It also foists a stark choice on the Kremlin: to stifle dissent, or to placate protesters to provide some kind of pressure outlet.
它也给克里姆林宫提出了一个艰难的选择:是打击异见人士,还是安抚抗议者、给人们提供一些释放压力的出口。
8.Being able to placate the surviving population and keep them subservient to a federal system would then involve plenty of handy oil and gas.
要抚慰幸存的公众,让他们服从联邦制度,就得有大量随手可得的石油和汽油。
9.But even though the military is widely popular with the public, there was no sign that the government shakeup would placate protesters.
但是即使军队很受群众的欢迎,担保没有迹象表明政府会有安抚抗议者的举动,而这些抗议者已经开始举出反对Suleiman的标语。
10.But the White House sees any conspicuous efforts to placate Jackson as dangerous to its efforts to win back disaffected white moderates.
但是白宫认为任何大张旗鼓安抚杰克逊的举措都不利于挽回那些对政府不满的白人温和派的心。