appease
verb [ T ] formal disapproving uk/əˈpiːz/ us/əˈpiːz/
平息;抚慰;绥靖;姑息
to prevent further disagreement in arguments or war by giving to the other side an advantage that they have demanded
She claimed that the government had only changed the law in order to appease their critics. 她称政府修改法律仅仅是为了安抚那些批评政府的人。