The phrase "appease about" is not a grammatically correct combination of words and is not commonly used in written English.
It is possible that the speaker may have meant to say "appease" or "appease someone about something," which means to satisfy or calm someone's concerns or fears. For example: - The manager tried to appease the angry customer by offering a refund. - The politician made promises to appease the protesters about the environmental issue. - The teacher appeased the students' worries about the upcoming test by giving them extra practice materials.
There is something I dislike about my alma mater, and until it is fixed, or at least until I am appeased about why it can't be fixed right now, I don't support the school in the way that I should.
"The shift to offshore wind is politically motivated, to satisfy the rural backbone of Conservative Party support, and appease concerns about landscape blight".
Howls were heard from opponents who have doggedly fought the plan for years.To appease concerns about the environmental impact of a third runway, Geoff Hoon, the transport secretary, promised that only newer aircraft which meet strict noise and emissions criteria would be allowed to use it when it opens in 2019 or 2020.
Nomura analyst Paul Cliff suggests Anglo American and Xstrata won't have the same kind of antitrust obstacles as Rio-BHP, since Xstrata could sell its 25% in Lonmin (the world's third largest platinum producer) to appease regulators about the combination's creation of a platinum giant.
Knowing the relationship of this goat-like ungulate to the remainder of Bovini is important, not just to appease curiosity about an enigmatic forest antelope, but because the phylogenetic position of this creature may in fact upset some of the 'stabilized' topology shown in Figure 2 (see also below).
Considering this earnings report was all about appeasing Wall Street about Twitter's growth and revenue prospects, this is a terrible sign.
Which would, as Anastasia might put it, just about appease my inner goddess.
At any time during that period, politicians may attempt to renegotiate the terms to appease public concern about charges.
Mr Garnier now seems to have a healthy respect for shareholders, even initiating a recent share-buyback to appease their concerns about a weak share price.
He knew that the general needed to take a big gift basket back to Islamabad to appease Pakistani anger about its wartime alliance with America.
