平息

• 拼音: píng xī
• 汉字拆解: 平 = 干 + 二 (level — to make flat/calm); 息 = 自 + 心 (from breath + heart — to rest, to cease)

含义

To quell; to suppress; to calm down; to subside. Refers to bringing unrest, conflict, emotion, or disturbance to an end.

Used for suppressing riots (平息暴乱), calming disputes (平息纠纷), and naturally subsiding events (风波平息 = the storm has subsided). Implies an authoritative or decisive resolution process.

例句

1. 警方迅速介入，在短短数小时内平息了这场险些演变为大规模冲突的街头骚乱事件。
2. 经过多轮斡旋，外交官们终于成功平息了两国之间因领土争议引发的外交紧张态势。
3. 公司管理层公开道歉并启动内部调查，才逐渐平息了此次因信息泄露引发的公众舆论风波。

用法指南

语境: politics, diplomacy, crisis management, journalism

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 领导层果断宣布重组计划，并承诺对相关责任人严肃追责，此举在一定程度上平息了员工的集体不满情绪。(The leadership decisively announced a restructuring plan and pledged to hold those responsible strictly accountable — this move went some way toward quelling the collective discontent among employees.)
• 即便危机在表面上已经平息，内部矛盾若未能彻底解决，迟早仍会以另一种形式重新爆发。(Even if the crisis has apparently been quelled on the surface, internal contradictions that have not been thoroughly resolved will inevitably resurface sooner or later in another form.)

错误说法

• 平息 implies bringing something to a definitive end — do not use it for something still ongoing; if a conflict is merely paused, use 暂时缓和 or 短暂停息 instead

起源与历史

平 (to pacify, to level) + 息 (to cease, to rest — 自 nose/self + 心 heart — breath from the heart, rest)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal