Conciliatory
[kən'sɪlɪətərɪ] or [kən'sɪlɪətɔri]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) intended to placate; 'spoke in a conciliating tone'; 'a conciliatory visit' .
手打:莎伦--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.
弗兰克編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Reconciling, pacifying, pacific.[2]. Winning, persuasive.
整理:怀亚特
例句/造句/用法:
- I hope, Bounderby,' said Mr. Gradgrind, in a conciliatory voice, 'that this was merely an oversight. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- My friend,' said the thin gentleman, with a conciliatory hem--'have you got many people stopping here now? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- It seemed wonderful how he could turn from such a man without a conciliatory or a sympathizing expression. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Raymond replied; but there was nothing conciliatory in his reply. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Certainly, certainly, said Marks, with a conciliatory tone; it's only a retaining fee, you see,--he! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- He was so extremely conciliatory in his manner that he seemed to apologize to the very newspaper for taking the liberty of reading it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Why this, returns George, not able to be very conciliatory at first, is Matthew Bagnet, who has obliged me in that matter of ours, you know. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- But Gudrun was conciliatory. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- My sister catching him in the act, he drew the back of his hand across his nose with his usual conciliatory air on such occasions, and looked at her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The tone was neither aggressive nor conciliatory: it revealed nothing of the speaker's errand. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
整理:怀亚特