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)
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:appease 词源,appease 含义。
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