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单词 peace offering
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Word forms: plural peace offerings
countable noun [usually singular]
You can use peace offering to refer to something that you give someone to show that you want to end the quarrel between you.
'A peace offering,' Roberts said as he handed the box of cigars to Cohen.

peace offering in British English

noun
1. 
something given to an adversary in the hope of procuring or maintaining peace
2.  Judaism
a sacrificial meal shared between the offerer and Jehovah to intensify the union between them

peace offering in American English

1. 
an offering or sacrifice in thanksgiving to God: Ezek. 45:15
2. 
an offering made to maintain or bring about peace
Word origin
used to transl. Heb shelem, lit., thank-offering

Examples of 'peace offering' in a sentence
peace offering

The evidence in the kitchen spoke of Kato's displeasure with me so I left her more food, not frozen this time, as a peace offering.
James Birrell THE MANANA MAN (2002)
He could even surprise Laura for tea and give her the tickets for Tosca he'd bought as a peace offering.
Stewart, Michael GRACE (2002)
He attempts a half-hearted smile, a peace offering of some sort, which, naturally, I reject.
Mark Burnell THE RHYTHM SECTION (2002)
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