conciliate
verb🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪt/
🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they conciliate | 🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪt/ 🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪt/ |
| he / she / it conciliates | 🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪts/ 🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪts/ |
| past simple conciliated | 🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/ 🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle conciliated | 🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/ 🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form conciliating | 🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪŋ/ |
- conciliate somebody
to make somebody less angry or more friendly, especially by being kind and pleasant or by giving them something （尤指通过和蔼友善或送给某物来）平息…的怒火，抚慰，安抚 Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally meaning ‘to gain’): from Latin conciliat- ‘combined, gained’, from the verb conciliare, from concilium ‘convocation, assembly’, from con- ‘together’ + calare ‘summon’.