pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands
(以满足某方面的要求来)抚慰;平息
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amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups. 为平息当地压力集团的不满而作了修改。
assuage or satisfy (a demand or a feeling)
缓解(难受的感觉);满足(要求,感觉)
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we give to charity because it appeases our guilt. 我们捐钱给慈善机构是因为这能减轻我们的负罪感。
"Middle English: from Old French