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pro.pi.ti.ate objprE5pIF7i7eItv [T] fmlto please and make calm (a god or person who is annoyed with you)劝解，抚慰，谋求…的好感In those days people might sacrifice a goat or sheep to propitiate an angry god.在那个时候，人们会牺牲一只山羊或绵羊以抚慰一个愤怒的神。The radicals in the party were clearly sacked to propitiate the conservative core.开除政党中的激进分子显然是为了抚慰保守的核心。
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