reconcile
柯林斯词典
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. 使和谐一致; 调和
It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father. 协调我工作的要求与我当个好父亲的愿望很难。
2. V-RECIP-PASSIVE If you are reconciled with someone, you become friendly with them again after a quarrel or disagreement. 与…和好
He never believed he and Susan would be reconciled. 他不认为他和苏珊会和好。
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. …我使他与托比和解的努力。
4. V-T If you reconcile yourself to an unpleasant situation, you accept it, although it does not make you happy to do so. 妥协; 将就
She had reconciled herself to never seeing him again. 她不情愿地接受了再也不和他见面的事实。
5. reconciledADJ 妥协的; 将就的[v-link ADJ 'to' n/-ing]
She felt, if not grateful for her own situation, at least a little more reconciled to it. 她觉得，即便对自己的处境不心存感激，至少能将就一些了。
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reconcile /ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl/ (reconciling,reconciled,reconciles)
剑桥词典
- to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together
调和；调解；使一致
It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion . 有时很难调和宗教和科学之间的矛盾。
It's difficult to reconcile such different points of view . 差别如此悬殊的观点是很难达成一致的。
How can you reconcile your fur coat and/with your love of animals ? 如果你爱动物，那怎么还穿毛皮大衣呢？
be reconciled
When two people are reconciled, they become friendly again after they have argued .
和解；和好；重归于好
They were finally reconciled with each other, after not speaking for nearly five years . 他们差不多有5年的时间连话都不说，但最后终于重归于好。