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Cracking down on women's rights has often been an easy way for governments, secular or not, to placate their more extreme allies or enemies.

无论是世俗还是非世俗政府，都常常把严格限制妇女权益当做安抚极端盟友或劲敌的捷径。

But on the streets of Athens, there is a sense that this latest effort to placate Greece's lenders may be a last straw for the public.

但是，从雅典街头的气氛看来，这个取悦贷款人的最新举措可能会成为压垮公众的最后一根稻草。

In fact Pakistan's new president, Asif Zardari, has been going out of his way-and courting controversy at home-to placate India.

实际上巴基斯坦的新总统扎尔达里已经竭尽所能的与印度达成和解，但此举却在巴国内引发了论战；

Accommodation failed to placate the critics and may have demoralized supporters of a strong defense.

迁就没有能安抚批评者，而可能使强大防务的支持者灰心丧气。

The various accounting bodies are trying to placate the politicians while avoiding watering down standards too much.

各家会计事务所正在一面尽力使政客们安心，同时避免过度降低标准。

But all that failed to placate the crowds, who finally got what they wanted later in the day: a Tunisia sans Ben Ali.

但所有这一切终究没能将人群安抚下来。突尼斯人最终在当天得到了他们想要的结局：赶走本·阿里。

It also foists a stark choice on the Kremlin: to stifle dissent, or to placate protesters to provide some kind of pressure outlet.

它也给克里姆林宫提出了一个艰难的选择：是打击异见人士，还是安抚抗议者、给人们提供一些释放压力的出口。

Being able to placate the surviving population and keep them subservient to a federal system would then involve plenty of handy oil and gas.

要抚慰幸存的公众，让他们服从联邦制度，就得有大量随手可得的石油和汽油。

But even though the military is widely popular with the public, there was no sign that the government shakeup would placate protesters.

但是即使军队很受群众的欢迎，担保没有迹象表明政府会有安抚抗议者的举动，而这些抗议者已经开始举出反对Suleiman的标语。

But the White House sees any conspicuous efforts to placate Jackson as dangerous to its efforts to win back disaffected white moderates.

但是白宫认为任何大张旗鼓安抚杰克逊的举措都不利于挽回那些对政府不满的白人温和派的心。

The talks aren't all about a weakling US trying to placate the powerful landlord from Beijing.

这些对话并不仅仅是一个正在衰落的美国试图安抚来自北京的阔佬。

March 26 - In an attempt to placate protesters, Assad frees 260 prisoners, and 16 more the next day.

三月二十六日-阿萨德释放了260名囚犯，第二天又继续释放了16名，以试图安抚反对者。

The building frenzy aims to placate citizens angry that property speculation has priced them out of the non-subsidized housing market.

大规模兴建保障性住房旨在平息民众的怒火，因为他们对房地产投机行为使其远离商品房市场而感到愤怒。

F. To a greater or lesser extent a mother feels that her own mother demands a baby, so that her baby is produced to placate her mother.

在某种水平上，母亲感觉她本身的母亲需要一个小孩，所以她生孩子只是为了安抚她的母亲。

Bankers are desperately trying to placate their critics.

银行业者正在拼了命地试图安抚批评家们。

In the past, talks with Miss Suu Kyi have been used as a sop to placate international opinion.

过去，与昂山素季进行对话被用于平息国际舆论。

A breakthrough in either area could be enough to placate shareholders and prevent Microsoft returning at a later date .

无论在哪个领域取得突破，可能都足以安抚股东情绪，防止微软日后卷土重来。

Donors need to be patient so charities will not feel pressured to plunge in and offer ineffective aid, simply to placate impatient donors.

捐赠者需要有耐心。这样慈善组织才能从容地工作，不会为了安抚心急的捐赠者匆忙投入人力物力却事与愿违。

To placate Italy's irate local mayors and governors, Mr Berlusconi lightened the burden of savings they were supposed to have made.

为了安抚意大利愤怒的地方官员，贝卢斯科尼（Berlusconi）减轻了地方官员需要制定的节省负担。

The White House must placate investors nervous about deficit spending with the political imperative of getting the jobless rate down.

白宫必须表露出降低失业率的急迫政治责任感，来安抚投资者对赤字支出的忧虑。