defuse

/diːˈfjuːz/
VCE 📚 12823 1 GRE
If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it. 缓和

verb [vt. 及物动词] vt. 平息;去掉……的雷管;使除去危险性

Police administrators credited the organization with helping defuse potentially violent situations. 警方赞扬该组织帮助缓和潜在的暴力情势。

de + fuse(导火线) → 拆除(爆破物的)引信
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Local police are trying to defuse racial tension in the community. 当地的警察竭力缓和这个社区种族间的紧张局面。
It'll take some very fancy footwork by government officials to defuse the situation. 政府官员们需要想出相当漂亮的妙招才能化险为夷。
Police have defused a bomb found in a downtown building. 警察已拆除了在市中心一幢大楼里发现的一枚炸弹的引信。