单词 | reconcile |
释义 | reconcile v.tr.   1. make friendly again after an estrangement.   2. (usu. in refl. or passive; foll. by to) make acquiescent or contentedly submissive to (something disagreeable or unwelcome) (was reconciled to failure).   3. settle (a quarrel etc.).   4. a harmonize; make compatible. b show the compatibility of by argument or in practice (cannot reconcile your views with the facts). Derivatives reconcilable adj. reconcilability n. reconcilement n. reconciler n. reconciliation n. reconciliatory adj. Etymology: ME f. OF reconcilier or L reconciliare (as RE-, conciliare CONCILIATE) |
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