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appeasers 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. (appeasement) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
  2. (appeaser) someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands; "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last"--Winston Churchill
  3. Appeasement is commonly understood to refer to a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to another power.James P. Levy, Appeasement and rearmament: Britain, 1936-1939, Rowman and Littlefield, 2006 It has been described as "... ...
  4. (appeaser) A person who appeases
  5. (appeasement) The policy of pacifying an aggressive nation in the hopes of avoiding further conflict.
  6. (Appeasement (Munich Compromise)) In the 1930’s, French and British leaders agreed to Germany’s seizure of the Sudetenland in return for Hitler’s promise to seek no more territory. ...
  7. (146. appeasement) giving someone their way to avoid a fight
  8. (Appeasement) A foreign policy of negotiation, conciliation, and concession. The policy was adopted by British prime minister Neville Chamberlain toward Germany as that nation became increasingly aggressive. ...
  9. (Appeasement) A hostile Republican characterization of our leftist brand of diplomacy, which is the Democratic Party’s official, unstated foreign policy toward any left-wing dictator or terrorist organization that threatens Amerikkka.
  10. (Appeasement) A policy of granting concessions in response to aggressive or hostile demands with the intent of gaining some greater good or asset. Appeasement is usually portrayed as a willingness to accede to an immoral actor or entity. ...
  11. (Appeasement) Policy adopted by major Western political powers towards Adolf Hitler's ambitions in the Munich Agreement of 1938. Leaders, famously including Britain's Neville Chamberlain, agreed to allow Hitler portions of land in Eastern Europe in order to avoid war.
  12. (Appeasement) To pacify; to create peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment. The human smile is a signal of appeasement.
  13. (appeasement) Giving in to the demands of aggressive powers to avoid war, as long as those demands appear reasonable. Such a policy was pursued by Britain and France in dealing with Germany in the latter half of the 1930s.
  14. (appeasement) Policy of Neville Chamberlain, British prime minister who hoped to preserve peace in the face of German aggression; particularly applied to Munich Conference agreements; failed when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939. (p. 853)