reconcile

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(diào)和

It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father. 協(xié)調(diào)我工作的要求與我儅個(gè)好父親的願(yuàn)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(rèn)爲(wèi)他和囌珊會(huì)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(xié); 將就

She had reconciled herself to never seeing him again. 她不情願(yuàn)地接受了再也不和他見(jiàn)麪的事實(shí)。

5. reconciledADJ 妥協(xié)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(jué)得，即便對(duì)自己的処境不心存感激，至少能將就一些了。