题目
If Amazon executives hope their rapprochement with Hachette will (conciliate) authors, they might be disappointed.A. suppressB. appeaseC. embarrassD. frustrate
If Amazon executives hope their rapprochement with Hachette will (conciliate) authors, they might be disappointed.
A. suppress
B. appease
C. embarrass
D. frustrate
题目解答
答案
B. appease
解析
conciliate 的意思是“使和解，使满意”，在句子中表示亚马逊希望与哈奇特的和解能够使作者满意。选项 B 的 appease 有“使满意，使平息”的意思，与 conciliate 的意思相近。