Propitiation
[prəu,piʃi'eiʃən]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious.
(n.) That which propitiates; atonement or atoning sacrifice; specifically, the influence or effects of the death of Christ in appeasing the divine justice, and conciliating the divine favor.
手打:丽塔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Conciliation, reconciliation, pacification.[2]. Atonement, expiation, satisfaction, reparation, atoning sacrifice.
手打:莉莎
例句/造句/用法:
- Mr Lammle fell back upon propitiation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He carried his head on one side, partly in modest depreciation of himself, partly in modest propitiation of everybody else. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Their minds were haunted by the idea of sin and the need for bloody propitiations. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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