缓和

Early on, my national security advisor, Tony Lake, had declared that success in foreign affairs is often defined by preventing or defusing problems before they develop into headaches and headline grabbers.

早些时候，我的国家安全顾问托尼。莱克宣称，外交事务上的成功表现在阻止或缓和小问题的扩展，使其不至于成为棘手的问题，或是新闻报道追逐的对象。

He originated the idea of the much larger Louisiana Purchase as a way to defuse potential conflict between the United States and Napoleon over North America.

他首次提出了扩大路易斯安那购地的规模来缓和以后法国与美国在北美地区可能存在的潜在冲突的想法。

" In Late Latin p 33re} was extended in sense to mean "to appease.

在后拉丁语中pacare 的意义被引申为抚慰，使缓和。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。