reconcile

vt

• ① 使和解(★常用被动式)
  • The children quarreled but they were soon reconciled.那些孩子吵了架,但很快就言归于好。
  • He has been reconciled with his girlfriend.他已跟他的女友和解。

• ② 调停
  • I reconciled the dispute among them.我为他们调解争端。

• ③ 使一致;使和谐
  • How do you reconcile those two ideas?你怎样调和那两个想法?
  • reconcile one's ideal with reality使理想与现实一致

• ④[作reconcile one self或用被动式]使安于;使满足
  • He found it hard to reconcile himself to his fate.他发现很难使自己安于自己的命运。
  • She was reconciled to living a poor life.她安于穷苦的生活。