propitiate
propitiate 英 [prəˈpɪʃieɪt] 美 [proˈpɪʃiˌet]
vt. 抚慰，安抚；与…和解
进行时:propitiating 过去式:propitiated 过去分词:propitiated 第三人称单数:propitiates
- If you forgot flowers on your Mom's birthday, you can still propitiate her by sending a bouquet the next day. Propitiate means to appease someone or make them happy by doing a particular thing. Handy strategy for lovers, too.
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- vt. 抚慰，安抚；与…和解
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1. Especially i felt this when i made any attempt to propitiate him .
我想抚慰他时尤其感到这点，我的同情得不到呼应。
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2. The king's role is to propitiate these gods and maintain harmony among them.
国王所扮演的角色是抚慰这些神，在他们中间保持和谐。
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3. A poem should be taught from the emotional standpoint; inveigling it into service as grammar-cum-dictionary is not calculated to propitiate the divine Saraswati.
一首诗应该基于感情来教；把它诓来权作“语法兼词典”，是不打算跟知识女神萨拉斯瓦蒂和解的。
- propitiate (v.) 1580s, a back-formation from propritiation and in part from propitiate (adj.), from Latin propitiatus, past participle of propitiare "appease, propitiate" (see propitiation). Related: Propitiated; propitiating; propitiatingly; propitiable (1550s).
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