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
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。
前缀ap-同ad-. -pease, 同peace, 和平。即安抚，使和平。
词根词缀： ap-来,临近 + peas(-pac-)和平 + -e
