reconcile

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rec·on·cile /ˈrekənsaɪl/ verb

1 [transitiveT]UNITE if you reconcile two ideas, situations, or facts, you find a way in which they can both be true or acceptable 使和谐一致；调和；协调

The possibility remains that the two theories may be reconciled.

这两种理论仍是有可能协调的。

reconcile something with something

Bevan tried to reconcile British socialism with a wider international vision.

比万试图用更广阔的国际视野来协调英国的社会主义。

2 be reconciled (with somebody) ARGUEto have a good relationship again with someone after you have quarrelled with them （与某人）和解，（与某人）和好

Jonah and his youngest son were, on the surface at least, reconciled.

乔纳和他小儿子和好了，至少表面上如此。

In everyday English, people usually say that two people make up rather than saying that they are reconciled: 在日常英语中，表示两人和好一般说 make up，而不说 be reconciled

They had a fight, but they seem to have made up now.

他们吵过一架，不过现在似乎和好了。

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be reconciled (with somebody)• How is the position to be reconciled?• In these the new unity can already be experienced and old animosities and misunderstandings be reconciled.• We must be reconciled, for what we left behind us can never be ours again.• The Senate bill must now be reconciled with a House bill before going to President Clinton.• How is the free-market economy to be reconciled with continued large-scale tax concessions for house mortgages and private pensions?• Ransom hoped to be reconciled with his wife and children.• He judges success by how effectively human needs are reconciled with the needs of the ecosystem.• Yet this wave of social legislation could not easily be reconciled with the tenets of classical liberalism.• Why is it so difficult to find former abusers who are reconciled with their wives?

3 reconcile somebody to something phrasal verbphr v ACCEPTto make someone able to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation 使接受〔困难或不愉快的情况〕

He tried to reconcile his father to the idea of the wedding.

他试图让父亲接受他对婚礼的打算。

reconcile yourself to something

Henry had more or less reconciled himself to Don’s death.

亨利差不多已经接受了唐的死亡。

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reconcile to • How is the position to be reconciled?• These men reconcile themselves to circumstance, make their own compromises with destiny until happier times.• So far she had not been able to reconcile her desire to keep everything the same and her desire for comfort.• Brilliant or not, I must reconcile myself to the idea that I would never reach the top.• Not that any amount of designer labels would or could reconcile her to the prospect of meeting Antoinette again.• If the parents have different cultural backgrounds, the tasks of reconciling the image to the reality is more complicated.• They are reconciling themselves to their own mortality.• This refusal of the activists to reconcile themselves to war testifies to their sincerity, not their naivety.

reconcile yourself to something• These men reconcile themselves to circumstance, make their own compromises with destiny until happier times.• It is of course very difficult for us to reconcile ourselves to such a perspective.• Brilliant or not, I must reconcile myself to the idea that I would never reach the top.• High living is become essential to them, and they can not reconcile themselves to the moderate pay of lawful industry.• Having reconciled myself to the situation, I felt I had to make a gift to Leslie of my acceptance.• They are reconciling themselves to their own mortality.• Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas.• This refusal of the activists to reconcile themselves to war testifies to their sincerity, not their naivety.

Examples from the Corpus

reconcile• How is the position to be reconciled?• They dance the next dance together, reconciled again.• Senate and House members are trying to reconcile different versions of the transportation bill.• Demeter, however, refuses to reconcile Herself.• Within our immediate group we can learn to reconcile personal and group differences to the point of rejecting personal values and beliefs.• The most powerful culture is that which reconciles the goals of the individual with those of the collective.• Many people have a hard time reconciling the wedding of their dreams with realistic costs.• He's quite reconciled to it all.• Yet this wave of social legislation could not easily be reconciled with the tenets of classical liberalism.

reconcile something with something• How do people reconcile a belief in God with the suffering of innocent people?

From Longman Business Dictionary

reconcilerec·on·cile /ˈrekənsaɪl/ verb [transitiveT]ACCOUNTING

to make two accounts or statements agree or add up to the same total

This hurried attempt to reconcile the books was a mistake.

Origin reconcile

(1300-1400) French réconcilier, from Latin conciliare; → CONCILIATE

rec·on·cile verb →REGISTER1

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