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单词 conciliatory
释义
conciliatory
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪl.i.ə.tər.i/us
/kənˈsɪl.i.ə.tɔːr.i/
showingwillingnessto end adisagreement, ortryingto make someone lessangry:
愿意和解的；调停的，安抚的
a conciliatorygesture/remark愿意和解的姿态/言语
The UKgovernmentwas not in a conciliatorymood.英国政府无意和解。
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  • Mancusostrucka conciliatorytonein aninterviewlate lastmonth.
  • The Deputy Prime Ministertriedtosoundconciliatory towards therebels.
  • I hadintendedtoadopta more conciliatoryapproach, but hiswholemannermade meangry.
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(Definition ofconciliatoryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

conciliatory| American Dictionary

conciliatory
adjective
us
/kənˈsɪl·i·əˌtɔr·i,-ˌtoʊr·i/
intendedto show that youcareabout thefeelingsoropinionsof someone who isangryorupsetwith you:
Fitzwaterstrucka conciliatorytone, saying he didn’tthinkanybody was toblame.

conciliation

noun[U]us
/kənˌsɪl·iˈeɪ·ʃən/
Conciliation, notconfrontation, is thekeytoendingtheconflict.
(Definition ofconciliatoryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconciliatory

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His contract with his readers is founded on a lessconciliatorymethod of presenting new words and concepts.
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Conciliatorypolicy was followed by military operations and so on.
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Hisconciliatoryblend of piety and erudition as well as his medical expertise made him an imperial favourite.
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A liberal majority asserted the sovereignty of the assembly but in a moderate,conciliatoryway.
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My inversion of what might be properly termed "atavistic" has aconciliatorypoint.
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These are important steps in reconciling the citizen and the state - the third majorconciliatoryneed identified above.
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Even later in the century, condescension is sometimes able to retain its traditional,conciliatoryquality.
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Rather, it is part of a strategy that is genuinelyconciliatory.
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The youthful experience may have also inclined him toward a moreconciliatorydisposition.
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While communitarian societies often have strongconciliatoryinstitutions and processes, these tend to emphasise social conformity rather than equality and justice.
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In these encounters with no object of exchange, relation is still transacted; whether that relation is adversarial orconciliatory, it still has substance. 15.
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Second, it rested upon men acknowledging the worth of women, and adopting theirconciliatoryforms of verbal sociability.
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Gold concluded the debate on a satiricallyconciliatorynote.
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The early and stillconciliatorystage of the dialogue is set in the region of the sharp keys.
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The moreconciliatoryand development oriented approach in dealing with the violence in the south is indicative of just such a change in response.
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