conciliate

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con·cil·i·ate /kənˈsɪlieɪt/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] formal

PPGARGUEto do something to make people more likely to stop arguing, especially by giving them something they want 安抚；调停

efforts to conciliate the unions

对工会进行调停的努力

—conciliator noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

conciliate• Compromise Bargaining, negotiating, conciliating.• It was most odd the way this woman had immediately made her feel as though she had to be conciliating.• We would also suggest an attempt to conciliate Fred by returning the responsibility for special functions to him.• The king, however, also had reason to conciliate the Stanleys and in 1472 the matter went to arbitration.• After 1951 Winston Churchill and his Conservative successors protected the welfare state, maintained full employment, and conciliated the trade unions.• Negotiators were called in to conciliate the warring factions.• He was aware of the need to conciliate, to plead, to attempt to explain.• Do not forget Mr Hurd's record for soothing nerves and conciliating Tory antagonists.

Origin conciliate

(1500-1600) Latin past participle of conciliare “to bring together, unite”, from concilium; → COUNCIL

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BNC: 33847 COCA: 39155

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