reconcile
/ˈrekənsaɪl/verb
with obj.(常作be reconciled)
1- restore friendly relations between使和解, 使和好; 把…争取过来:
she wanted to be reconciled with her father
她想跟父亲言归于好
the news reconciled us.
这消息使我俩重归于好。
1.1
- cause to coexist in harmony; make or show to be compatible使共存; 调和; 使一致, 使符合:
the hope that Christianity and feminism could be reconciled
基督教与女权运动能够协调一致的希望
you may have to adjust your ideal to reconcile it with reality.
你或许该调整一下自己的理想, 使之符合现实。
1.2
- make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed调节, 核对, 查核(账目):
it is not necessary to reconcile the cost accounts to the financial accounts.
没有必要使成本账目和财务账目一致。
1.3
- settle (a quarrel)调停, 调解(争吵):
advice on how to reconcile the conflict.
如何调解冲突的建议。
1.4
reconcile someone to
make someone accept (a disagreeable or unwelcome thing)使接受; 使顺从于, 使安心于, 使甘心于:he was reconciled to leaving.
他甘心离去。
派生词
reconcilability
nounreconcilable
adjectivereconcilement
nounreconciler
nounreconciliation
nounreconciliatory
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French reconcilier or Latin reconciliare, from Latin re- 'back' (also expressing intensive force) + conciliare 'bring together'.