propitiatory

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pɹəʊˈpɪʃɪətəɹɪ/|/pɹəˈpɪʃɪətɹi/    美 /pɹəˈpɪʃi.əˌtɔɹi/|/pɹoʊˈpɪʃi.əˌtɔɹi/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory.
    — Hecatombs were early substituted for single victims; and, to render the worship still more propitiatory, these were soon exchanged for human sacrifices.

词形变化

more propitiatory comparative most propitiatory superlative

词源

From the Latin propitiātōrius (“atoning; reconciling, propitiating”).
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