propitiate

1 She was famously jealous and violent, and Hawaiians tried to propitiate her with offerings of pork, fish, liquor.

2 Some suspicion was now awakened; and, in order to propitiate the dangerous guests, they were presented with the carcass of an elk lately brought in by the hunters.

3 They offered a sacrifice to propitiate the god.

他们供奉祭品以慰诸神。

4 the temple was once the site of sacrifices—both to honor the gods in times of plenty and to propitiate them in times of trouble

5 The only Americans who could consider this devastated era "promising" are the plutocrats who rule our age, and Koons himself, smiling too broadly to see the culture he propitiates collapse around him.

6 She had depth enough also to perceive that Kate Mulvey was anxious enough to propitiate the good opinion, to which she had taken no pains to hide her indifference.

7 His dæmon growled softly; the golden monkey dropped his head low to propitiate her.

8 So when an epidemic gets underway, we don’t waste time on sacrifices to propitiate angry gods or fretting about deadly miasmas seeping in with the night air.

9 I tried to propitiate gods and to dispel demons.

我试着取悦众神，驱赶恶魔。

10 Nor was he propitiated when Lindo added, "I learned your feeling, if I may say so, by an accident."

11 Human sacrifices to propitiate the..sea.

12 To Henry of England both addressed themselves, and each strove hard not only to propitiate the monarch, but to gain the good will of the nation.

13 And the gods of the heathen cannot hear; and those of the white men may, it seems, be propitiated by masses in the cathedral and stained windows bought with cocoa and rubber dividends.

14 Sarah Burton’s poetic debut collection for Alexander McQueen for spring 2011 took inspiration from the corn-husk dollies that in ancient Britain were traditionally used to propitiate the agricultural field gods.

15 It showed in almost every conceivable fashion a real desire to propitiate its public.

16 "So we decided to propitiate the monkey's soul to ensure nothing untoward happened in our village."

17 Since 1979, the United States has sought to contain or propitiate the regime in Tehran.

18 Was it just to tell the date or propitiate some mountain deity?

19 "How kind of you, dear," she murmured, in an attempt to propitiate him before it was too late.

20 A general theory with regard to the idols is that they have to be propitiated in order that they may exercise their power in the protection of the home.

1 和悦

kind

2 调解

intervenient conciliative conciliatory intercessory propitiatory reconciliatory mediative mediatorial arrangement accommodation intervention intermediate arbitration mediation intercession conciliation intermediation mediate intercede interpose accommodate atone conciliate peacemaking

3 讨好

ingratiating complaisant complaisance court flatter get in with pay court to

4 使息怒

placate smooth ruffled feathers

5 调和

regular harmonic proportional harmonious consonant symphonic accordant reconciliatory symphonious proportionment tune compromise proportion consistency rhythm unity harmony symphony accord reconciliation seasoning chime symmetry unison regularity concordance harmonization consonance congruity consistence reconcilement time fit square tone chord harmonize sympathize consort assort season temper reconcile attune attemper

6 抚慰

soothing relieving conciliatory anodyne propitiatory placatory conciliation propitiation quiet soothe solace placate conciliate recomfort pacify mollify console salve comfort appease emollient sooth caressing appeasement rock plaster pacificate

7 取悦

courtship propitiation glad cuddle

8 安抚

appease hush placate

9 劝解

propitiatory propitiation propitiative

10 和解

mediatory explanation settlement compromise composition conciliation compound reconcile mediate placate pacify conciliate slake put up the sword

11 慰解

propitiatory propitiation

12 息怒

placate smooth ruffled feathers cool it! mollified mollify smooth feathers