conciliate
conciliate 英 [kənˈsɪlieɪt] 美 [kənˈsɪliˌet]
vt. 安抚，安慰；调和；驯服；怀柔；赢得
进行时:conciliating 过去式:conciliated 过去分词:conciliated 第三人称单数:conciliates 名词复数:conciliates
- The verb conciliate means to placate, appease, or pacify. If you are eating at a restaurant and the waiter accidentally spills a drink on you, the manager may try to conciliate you by picking up the tab for your meal.
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- vt. 安抚，安慰；调和；驯服；怀柔；赢得
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1. There is a need to conciliate both parties, which will require a more refined strategy than before.
这就有必要对供求双方进行协调，要做到这一点将需要一个比以往更精确的战略。
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2. The thrown salt may serve as an informal sacrifice to conciliate the gods; or it may be an attack on the evil spirits, since it is believed that the Devil cannot abide salt.
撒落的盐可作为一个非正式的牺牲品去平息上帝的怒气；或者它可能作为一种邪恶精神的攻击，因为据说魔鬼不能接触盐。
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3. In 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation,mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands.
1763年法国和印第安战争（七年战争北美战场）结束后，（战胜国）英国颁布一份公告，旨在通过遏止殖民侵占印第安领地来安抚印第安人。
- conciliate (v.) "overcome distrust or hostility of by soothing and pacifying," 1540s, from Latin conciliatus, past participle of conciliare "to bring together, unite in feelings, make friendly," from concilium "a meeting, a gathering of people," from PIE *kal-yo-, suffixed form of root *kele- (2) "to shout" (the notion is of "a calling together"). Related: Conciliated; conciliating; conciliary. The earlier verb was Middle English concile "to reconcile" (late 14c.).
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