单词 | conciliatory |
释义 | conciliatory (kənsɪliətri , US -tɔːri ) adjective When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone. The next time he spoke he used a more conciliatory tone. The President's speech was hailed as a conciliatory gesture toward business. Synonyms: pacifying, pacific, disarming, appeasing Collocations: conciliatory approach They have taken a more conciliatory approach by appointing three wholesalers to distribute their medicines, thereby ensuring continued, albeit restricted, competition. Times, Sunday Times His conciliatory approach, however, failed to calm the country and only earned him the wrath of fellow bureaucrats. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His speaking skills were considerable and had always been an excellent networker, noted for his conciliatory approach. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Students made several attempts during this period to reach a peaceful resolution with school officials, but this administrator did not take a sympathetic or conciliatory approach to the students. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he did not adopt a conciliatory tone and was determined to put an end to their demands and threats of stoppages. Times, Sunday Times (2012) On Friday he struck a more conciliatory tone. Times, Sunday Times (2012) When there are problems, there is now a more conciliatory tone. The Sun (2006) He is likely to offer a more conciliatory tone. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They haven't approached me with any kind of conciliatory words — no one has said you did the right thing to whistleblow. Times, Sunday Times How his many backers among the unions will greet such conciliatory words remains to be seen. Times, Sunday Times These are hugely conciliatory words. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 愿意和解的 Japanese: 懐柔的な |
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