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.
例文
1. The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
政権批判者をなだめようとする動きだと考えられている。
2.He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.
彼は泣いている子供にキャンディをあげて泣かないようにしようとした。
3.Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate.
ガンジーが両派の有権者をなだめようとしていると非難する人もいる。
4.The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
政権批判者をなだめようとする動きだと考えられている。
5.The government tried to appease discontented workers.