pro·pi·ti·ate
verb/prəˈpɪʃieɪt/
/prəˈpɪʃieɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they propitiate | /prəˈpɪʃieɪt/ /prəˈpɪʃieɪt/ |
| he / she / it propitiates | /prəˈpɪʃieɪts/ /prəˈpɪʃieɪts/ |
| past simple propitiated | /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪd/ /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle propitiated | /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪd/ /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form propitiating | /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ |
- propitiate somebody to stop somebody from being angry by trying to please them
使息怒 - Sacrifices were made to propitiate the gods.
人们供奉祭品以求神灵息怒。
Word Originlate Middle English (as propitiation): from Latin propitiat- ‘made favourable’, from the verb propitiare, from propitius ‘favourable, gracious’. - Sacrifices were made to propitiate the gods.