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单词 propitiate
释义
propitiate
verb[T]
formal
uk
/prəˈpɪʃ.i.eɪt/us
/prəˈpɪʃ.i.eɪt/
topleaseand makecalmagodorpersonwho isannoyedwith you:
使息怒；劝解；抚慰
In thosedayspeoplemightsacrificeagoatorsheepto propitiate anangrygod.在那个时候，人们可能会祭献一只山羊或绵羊以祈求发怒的神灵息怒。
Theradicalsin thepartywereclearlysackedto propitiate theconservativecore.开除政党中的激进分子显然是为了安抚保守的核心成员。
Synonym
appeaseoftendisapproving
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propitiation
(Definition ofpropitiatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpropitiate

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Since the imposition involved is on the speaker, it might seem odd that the requester should need to be propitiated.
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She is propitiated especially at times of pestilence, when chickenpox and measles strike.
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Officially, the payment was intended topropitiatethe troops and, hence, to reduce their tendency to loot and foment disorder.
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Desire is perceived as fate-the natural force that rules the self with impossible demands, the tyrant that can be neither mastered nor propitiated.
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Senior staff will be propitiated, small concessions will be made and assurances will be given.
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We seek topropitiatevery small minorities, and that does lead us to overlook the interests of vast majorities.
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Then the wheat grower was propitiated with a quota, which is protection, trying hard to disguise itself.
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Appeasement may mean nothing more than an attempt to please andpropitiateyour opponent.
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Whom are they going topropitiateby this clemency and forbearance?
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Those who hold the former view, when they endeavour to translate it into legislation, obviously try topropitiatetheir opponents either by some provision or by asserting some slogan.
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At the present moment you have a competition between three departments, and you have topropitiatethis one and that one, and see the other chap does not starve.
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It propitiated a more civilized environment, in the political and social aspects.
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The sun spirit, capable of rendering service or causing harm, also must be propitiated.
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The purpose is topropitiatea deity and secure from it what the vrati, the performer wants.
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All are potentially of the malignant type, to be propitiated by an appeal to knowledge of the supernatural.
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