propitiatory

英式音标：[prəˈpɪʃiətri]

美式音标：[prəˈpɪʃiətɔri]

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概况：

adj. 安抚的；劝解的；讨好的

词义：

adj.

劝解的；抚慰的；谋求好感的；哄人息怒的

英英释义

propitiatory[ prəu'piʃiətəri ]

adj.

having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation

"expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"

同义词：expiatoryexpiative

intended to reconcile or appease

"sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture"

同义词：propitiative

用法：

权威例句

The Rights of Labor and the Propitiatory State

Illness and cures in the Greek propitiatory inscriptions and dedications of Lydia and Phrygia

Some Lydian Propitiatory Inscriptions

An evocation of an engraved propitiatory rite in Ifgane (Yagour, western High Atlas, Morocco)

Further intended: The propitiatory votive offering of God in Rom 3,25

The Propitiatory Meal

[Epilepsy: an incapacitating disease? Propitiatory topic for a free program for epileptics]

The Process of Developing Propitiatory Education for Adults

Rdo rje'i chos skyoṅ ba'i sruṅ ma rnams kyi las byaṅ 'phrin las Rnam par rol pa'i dga' ston : a collection of propitiatory rites ...

The Death of Christ Was a Propitiatory Sacrifice and a Vicarious Atonement for the Sins of Mankind, Atheological Essay [By J.C. Cowl...

同义词：ingratiating,conciliatory,claptrap

同根词：propitiation,propitiate

英语词源：

propitiatory

c. 1300 (n.) "the mercy seat," from Late Latin propitiatorium (translating Greek hilasterion in Bible); noun use of neuter singular of propitiatorius "atoning, reconciling," from propitiatus, past participle of propitiare (see propitiation). As an adjective in English from 1550s.

造句：

1. Both my parents were devout Anglicans.

我的父母都是虔诚的圣公会教徒。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She was a devout Christian.

她是一个虔诚的基督徒。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She is a devout Roman Catholic.

她是虔诚的天主教徒.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. His grandfather is a devout Buddhist.

他的爷爷是一个虔诚的佛教徒.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The devout man prayed daily.

那位虔诚的男士每天都祈祷.

来自《简明英汉词典》

[ devout 造句 ]