| 词汇 | propitiating |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | propitiating present participle ofpropitiate propitiate verb[ T ] formaluk /prəˈpɪʃ.i.eɪt/ us /prəˈpɪʃ.i.eɪt/ to please and make calm a god or person who is annoyed with you: 使息怒;劝解;抚慰 In those days people might sacrifice a goat or sheep to propitiate an angry god.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。 The radicals in the party were clearly sacked to propitiate the conservative core.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 appeaseoften disapproving Calming and relaxing appease assuage balls-to-the-wall bask bread chill compose let/blow off steamidiom lie down lighten something up lull lull someone into something melt relaxation self-soothe settle settle down shirt simmer simmer down Related wordpropitiation Examples of propitiatingpropitiating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Sacrifices of animals were common as a means of propitiating these forces. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The purpose of practicing the ritual range from knowledge, propitiating a deity, material motives, even dark objectives to gaining control over the spirit of the deceased. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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