appease的词源

英文词源

appease

appease: see peace

appease (v.)

c. 1300 "to reconcile," from Anglo-French apeser, Old French apaisier "to pacify, make peace, appease, be reconciled, placate" (12c.), from the phrase a paisier "bring to peace," from a "to" (see ad-) + pais, from Latin pacem (nominative pax) "peace" (see peace). Related: Appeased; appeasing.

中文词源

appease：安抚

发音释义：[ə'piːz] vt. 使平息；使满足；使和缓；对…让步

结构分析：appease = ap（=ad，使）+ pease（和平）→使…和平→安抚

词源解析：pease←拉丁语pacem（和平）

同源词：peace（和平）

衍生词：appeaser（劝解人），appeasement（绥靖、姑息）

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appease：安抚

前缀ap-同ad-. -pease, 同peace, 和平。即安抚，使和平。

appease：平息，安抚，缓和  

词根词缀： ap-来,临近 + peas(-pac-)和平 + -e