英语词汇“peace offering”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If you try to smooth things over with someone by giving them a gift, you can call it a peace offering. After fighting with your brother, you might take him out for ice cream as a peace offering.

An attempt to pacify or mollify a heated situation sometimes includes a kind gesture or even a present — a peace offering. When you hurt someone's feelings or offend them, a peace offering can go a long way toward burying the hatchet. The phrase originally had a religious meaning and is found in the Hebrew Bible, where it refers to a gift of thanks offered to God.

WORD FAMILY

peace offering: peace offerings

USAGE EXAMPLES

Tariq ultimately rejects the peace offering, but is that really what it was to begin with?

New York Times(Dec 14, 2016)

And while jumpsuits and pantsuits may seem miles away in fashion speak, perhaps Trump’s jumpsuit choice was a peace offering of sorts.

Los Angeles Times(Nov 08, 2016)

As a peace offering, he gave Rousseff a disk of declassified documents on repression in Brazil.

Washington Post(Sep 16, 2016)

n something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace

Syn|Hyper

olive branch

offer, offering

something offered (as a proposal or bid)

单词	peace offering
释义	peace offering (once / 13162 pages) n If you try to smooth things over with someone by giving them a gift, you can call it a peace offering. After fighting with your brother, you might take him out for ice cream as a peace offering. An attempt to pacify or mollify a heated situation sometimes includes a kind gesture or even a present — a peace offering. When you hurt someone's feelings or offend them, a peace offering can go a long way toward burying the hatchet. The phrase originally had a religious meaning and is found in the Hebrew Bible, where it refers to a gift of thanks offered to God. WORD FAMILY peace offering: peace offerings USAGE EXAMPLES Tariq ultimately rejects the peace offering, but is that really what it was to begin with? New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) And while jumpsuits and pantsuits may seem miles away in fashion speak, perhaps Trump’s jumpsuit choice was a peace offering of sorts. Los Angeles Times(Nov 08, 2016) As a peace offering, he gave Rousseff a disk of declassified documents on repression in Brazil. Washington Post(Sep 16, 2016) n something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace Syn\|Hyper olive branch offer, offering something offered (as a proposal or bid)
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