‘You’re right, ’ Rita said, in order to pacify him.
“你是对的。”丽塔安抚他道。
2PGPEACE/NO WARto stop groups of people from fighting or protesting, often by using force 〔常指运用武力〕平息〔战争、抗议〕,使实现和平
Economic reforms are needed to pacify and modernize the country.
需要进行经济改革使该国实现和平和现代化。
Examples from the Corpus
pacify• They will be met with measures that no longer seek to pacify but only to contain.• Yucatan, although not completely pacified, had been reincorporated into the federalunion in July.• It was no use trying to pacify him; he was simply too upset.• They had to use drugs to pacify him.• As I drove home, I tried to think how I was going to pacify my wife, who was sure to be angry.• But it will also be needed to pacify old adversaries, and to prevent small crises from becoming big ones.• When we pacified the boppinggang of a decade ago, its members turned to narcotics and self-mutilation.• Some critics question its sustainability and others view it as a sop to pacify the poor.• On August 20, the armyrecaptured the city and pacified the surrounding area.• But the expulsion did not pacify the Torycivil war, as the contenderstradedrecriminations.• By saying the war was over, the territorypacified, they would make it so.