reconcile
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you reconcile two beliefs, facts, or demands that seem to be opposed or completely different, you find a way in which they can both be true or both be successful. 使和諧一致; 調和
It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father. 協調我工作的要求與我儅個好父親的願望很難。
2. V-RECIP-PASSIVE If you are reconciled with someone, you become friendly with them again after a quarrel or disagreement. 與…和好
He never believed he and Susan would be reconciled. 他不認爲他和囌珊會和好。
3. V-T If you reconcile two people, you make them become friends again after a quarrel or disagreement. 使和解
...my attempt to reconcile him with Toby. …我使他與托比和解的努力。
4. V-T If you reconcile yourself to an unpleasant situation, you accept it, although it does not make you happy to do so. 妥協; 將就
She had reconciled herself to never seeing him again. 她不情願地接受了再也不和他見麪的事實。
5. reconciledADJ 妥協的; 將就的[v-link ADJ 'to' n/-ing]
She felt, if not grateful for her own situation, at least a little more reconciled to it. 她覺得，即便對自己的処境不心存感激，至少能將就一些了。
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reconcile /ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl/ (reconciling,reconciled,reconciles)
剑桥词典
- to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together
調和；調解；使一致
It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion . 有時很難調和宗教和科學之間的矛盾。
It's difficult to reconcile such different points of view . 差別如此懸殊的觀點是很難達成一致的。
How can you reconcile your fur coat and/with your love of animals ? 如果你愛動物，那怎麽還穿毛皮大衣呢？
be reconciled
When two people are reconciled, they become friendly again after they have argued .
和解；和好；重歸於好
They were finally reconciled with each other, after not speaking for nearly five years . 他們差不多有5年的時間連話都不說，但最後終於重歸於好。