pacificatory
pacificatory — 形容詞
- pacificatorypositive
- more pacificatorycomparative
- most pacificatorysuperlative
1. deliberately designed or intended to create peace, calm anger, or bring an end t
調停；和解
旨在促進和平或平息衝突的
deliberately designed or intended to create peace, calm anger, or bring an end to a disagreement — for example, a pacificatory speech from a leader trying to stop a conflict, or a pacificatory gesture meant to show goodwill after an argument.
The ambassador's pacificatory speech helped calm tensions between the two neighboring countries.
大使的調停演說有助於緩和兩個鄰國之間的緊張局勢。
attributive use: pacificatory + speech
Talia made a pacificatory gesture by returning the borrowed book with an apology note.
Talia 歸還了借的書，並附上一張道歉便條，以此做出和解的姿態。
collocation: pacificatory gesture
The committee issued a pacificatory statement to reassure residents worried about the factory closure.
委員會發表了一份安撫性聲明，以讓因工廠關閉而擔憂的居民安心。
Henrik played a pacificatory role in the tense negotiation between management and staff.
Henrik 在管理層與員工之間的緊張談判中扮演了調停角色。
- conciliatory
more common in daily use; focuses on winning someone over through goodwill gestures
- placatory
emphasizes calming someone who is already angry or upset; slightly more about soothing than peace-building
- peacemaking
more active and concrete; used for actual mediation efforts rather than attitudes
- appeasing
sometimes carries a negative connotation of giving in to unreasonable demands to avoid conflict
- provocative
likely to cause anger, annoyance, or conflict
- inflammatory
intended to cause very strong feelings of anger or violence
- belligerent
hostile and aggressive; eager to fight
文法句型
pacificatory + noun (attributive use)
be + pacificatory (predicative use)
用法筆記
Primarily reserved for formal, diplomatic, or literary contexts. In everyday speech, 'conciliatory' or 'peacemaking' is far more common. The word appears most frequently in attributive position (before a noun).