propitiate
形容词:
形容词: propitiable
更多词形:
形容词: propitiable | 副词: propitiatingly | 名词: propitiator | 动词过去式: propitiated | 动词过去分词: propitiated | 动词现在分词: propitiating | 动词第三人称单数: propitiates |
单词例句:
Many of them regarded the sacrificial offerings much as the heathen looked upon their sacrifices,--as gifts by which they themselves might propitiate the Deity.
上帝却要教导他们:那使他们与他和好的礼物,是出于上帝自己的爱。
2.In some societies people want childen for what might be called familial reasons: to extend the family line or the family name, to propitiate the ancestors;
在一些社会里,人们想要孩子,可能是因为他们所谓的家族原因:去扩大家族体系或家族姓氏,去奉承祖先;
The US has stuck up for floating exchange rate system, which is propitiate to dollar hegemony, uncompromisingly in all previous discussions on the reform of exchange rate system.
由于浮动汇率制有利于美元霸权的维持和为所欲为,为此,在历次的汇率制度讨论中,美国均坚决地维护浮动汇率制。
Unable to propitiate Heaven
回天无力
But as the approach of winter made itself felt, thoughts of his anger returned, he was called the cruel god, and an endeavour was made to propitiate him by a festival called Maemakteria.
可是随着冬天的临近,人们认为宙斯又发怒了,因此他被叫做残酷的神; 人们还举行迈马克利亚的节日盛会为他息怒。
He displayed himself steadfastly resolved to propitiate and favour that implacable city.
他表示决心同这个结下深仇的城市和解,并予以照顾。
They offer a sacrifice to propitiate the god.
他们供奉祭品以慰诸神。
He knew an abundance of simple acts to propitiate and invite the approaches of the little people
他擅长许多博得儿童欢心和吸引他们的小招数。
inveigling it into service as grammar-cum-dictionary is not calculated to propitiate the divine Saraswati.
把它诓来权作“语法兼词典”,是不打算跟知识女神萨拉斯瓦蒂和解的。