appeasement

n.

平息；缓和；姑息；绥靖政策

1. Music is an appeasement to shattered nerves.
   音乐可抚慰受重创的神经。
2. Appeasement of dictators led to wide scale bloodshed.
   对独裁者的姑息导致大规模的流血杀戮。
3. They were also scarred by memories of appeasement in the 1930s.
   他们还沉浸在对20世纪30年代绥靖政策的恐慌中。

APPEASEMENT
Appeasement
Appeasement in human emotion, social practice, and personality
Public Opinion and the End of Appeasement in Britain and France
Embarrassment: its distinct form and appeasement functions
Signs of appeasement: Evidence for the distinct displays of embarrassment, amusement, and shame.
From appeasement to conformity: Evolutionary and cultural perspectives on shame, competition, and cooperation.
Embarrassment: Its distinct form and appeasement functions. Psychological Bulletin, 122(3), 250-270
Supplication and appeasement in conflict and negotiation: The interpersonal effects of disappointment, worry, guilt, and regret
Experimental manipulation of helping in a cooperative breeder: helpers ‘pay to stay’ by pre-emptive appeasement