conciliate
verb /kənˈsɪlieɪt/
/kənˈsɪlieɪt/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they conciliate | /kənˈsɪlieɪt/ /kənˈsɪlieɪt/ |
| he / she / it conciliates | /kənˈsɪlieɪts/ /kənˈsɪlieɪts/ |
| past simple conciliated | /kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/ /kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle conciliated | /kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/ /kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form conciliating | /kənˈsɪlieɪtɪŋ/ /kənˈsɪlieɪtɪŋ/ |
- conciliate somebody to make somebody less angry or more friendly, especially by being kind and pleasant or by giving them something
（尤指通过和蔼友善或送给某物来）平息…的怒火，抚慰，安抚 词源mid 16th cent. (originally meaning ‘to gain’): from Latin conciliat- ‘combined, gained’, from the verb conciliare, from concilium ‘convocation, assembly’, from con- ‘together’ + calare ‘summon’.