con-, 强调。-cil, 召唤，词源同call, claim, council. 即指召集到一起开会，协调，安抚。

1. His duty was to conciliate the people, not to provoke them.

他的职责是安抚那些人，而不是去激怒他们。

2. An independent adviser has been brought in to conciliate between the two sides involved in the conflict.

一位独立顾问被请来调停卷入冲突的两方.

3. The President has a strong political urge to conciliate.

总统有进行安抚的强烈政治意愿。

4. I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.

我得尽量谦卑一些,好博得这位老谋深算的恶神的好感.

5. They are both trying hard to conciliate one another.

双方都在拼命想取得谅解.