| 单词 | placatory |
| 例句 | Salsbury, ever placatory, continued to write to Stieglitz even after the Strands’ divorce in 1933, and she and O’Keeffe kept in touch. Review | Georgia O’Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz and the artists they inspired 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z And there are enough useful crumbs of history to straight out a few popular rewritings, such as Roger Guenveur Smith's more honest depiction of Booker T. Washington as a figure placatory of white supremacy. Netflix's lush "Self Made" deftly glams up an underexposed history 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z While some high-profile figures have called for the US to completely break economic ties with China, Ms Yellen will take a more placatory approach. Can 'good cop' Janet Yellen help fix US-China relations? 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z He offered a couple of placatory bromides about the continuing virility of Real Madrid and Barcelona. Transfer Rumors From Another World 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Blinken has attempted to sooth French anger, calling France a vital and long-standing ally in the Indo-Pacific and beyond, and the White House and State Department quickly issued placatory statements after Paris recalled its ambassadors. Analysis: French break-up a blow to Biden's China-focused alliance rebuilding 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The initial weeks of the popular uprising were met with placatory speeches from Iraqi leaders, and a passive stance from security forces. How street protests across Middle East threaten Iran’s power 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z It was torturous, a placatory exercise, where people spoke of testosterone and cavemen and no longer being breadwinners. It’s not a crisis of masculinity that’s responsible for mass shootings. It’s male power | Suzanne Moore 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z “Oh, yes, I’m sorry,” she said, with a placatory answering smile. Don’t be scared to challenge antisocial phone users – they’re people too | Kay Holmes 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z He offered a couple of placatory bromides about the continuing virility of Real Madrid. Transfer Rumors From Another World 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Belfast, like Bilbao, is another place where a dissident minority remains unimpressed by placatory measures such as devolution, limited autonomy and power-sharing. Ripples from Catalan referendum could extend beyond Spain 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z But he clothed it in language that was more placatory. The Guardian view on Trump’s Congress speech: different tone, same threat | Editorial 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z This is not the first time placatory messages carried by members of Trump’s cabinet have been undermined by contradictory signals emanating from the White House. Tillerson endures 'tough trip' to Mexico as Trump stokes 'bad dudes' rhetoric 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z But the film's racial agenda couldn't be more placatory and safe. The Jesse Owens biopic Race is a polite movie about an ugly time 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The placatory tone from the president’s spokesman on Wednesday will calm fears of a backlash. Myanmar government 'will respect poll result and transfer power' 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Thus, these closely coupled, unwinking eyes contradicted and specifically denied the smiling, placatory, diplomatic mouth so prominent across his black visage. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z His lanky figure and clumsily-fitting clothes, his feeble placatory smile, the twitching movements of his long red hands, all contributed to the effect of his defencelessness. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The manager is therefore in the placatory position of insisting that decisions in South Africa will not be made on the basis of his own software. Capello ready to rule out Barry 2010-05-10T23:12:00Z Wherefore, instead of quarrelling with the deputation, he rose with placatory phrases in his mouth. A Romance in Transit Mary looked astonished, then alarmed, then placatory and uneasy. The Tunnel Under The World Say, Johnny," he addressed the rebel, in a placatory way, "don't make a fool o' yourself. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign Even the placatory vigil is held perilous, except in company, and a boy was pointed out to me in Rotoava, because he had watched alone by his own father. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) They were all placatory—in every case the object was to bring men into friendly relations with the god. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV She looked down at me with such a placatory and genuinely feminine smile I decided I'd been foolish to be offended. Greener Than You Think She stood in the doorway, evidently placatory and sympathetic, and behind her stood Mrs Nixon, in a condition of great mental turmoil. Clayhanger Henceforth the ceremonial, instead of placatory and expiatory, became nuptial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" "That's all right, old chap, you just rest up a bit," said the placatory youth. Never-Fail Blake The authors of the essay, though they deny the possibility of finding a single explicative principle chosen arbitrarily,504 themselves announce a principle, which, however, amounts simply to the statement that sacrifice is placatory. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The answer was neither antagonistic nor placatory; it was merely colorless. The Taming of Red Butte Western Eve looked round with a delightful placatory smile which conjured an answering smile into the face of her husband. Mr. Prohack The mayor strolled over and placed a placatory palm on the shoulder of the spokesman. All-Wool Morrison She muttered her placatory charm, and tottered back into her cavern, where, amidst her herbs and incantations, she prepared to execute the orders of the Egyptian. Last Days of Pompeii When she finally did succeed in getting the ear of the sheriff she was informed in placatory orotund by that official that all her fears were groundless. All-Wool Morrison |
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