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If something is conciliatory, it is done to make the other person less angry and more willing to stop arguing with you. A conciliatory tone. A conciliatory gesture. A conciliatory offer.
If something is conciliatory如果某件事是conciliatory的 it is done to make the other person less angry and more willing to stop arguing with you目的是讓對方比較不生氣、比較願意停止跟你爭吵 A conciliatory tone.像是conciliatory的語氣 A conciliatory gesture.conciliatory的姿態 A conciliatory offer.或是conciliatory的提議
The word paints the colour of the act, not the whole process: you sound softer, you give a little, you show you do not want the fight to go on. It is a fairly formal, news-and-politics word.
The word paints the colour of the act, not the whole process這個字形容的是行為的「色調」，不是整個過程: you sound softer你講話變得比較軟 you give a little你讓一點步 you show you do not want the fight to go on你表現出不想繼續吵下去 It is a fairly formal, news-and-politics word這是個偏正式、常出現在新聞和政治新聞裡的字
Though actually, a conciliatory move is not always sincere — sometimes it is a performance, a way to look reasonable while you still want your own way. Listen for whether the person is truly bending, or only sounding kind.
Though actually不過其實, a conciliatory move is not always sincereconciliatory的動作不一定是真心的 sometimes it is a performance有時候只是一種表演 a way to look reasonable while you still want your own way一種讓自己看起來講理，但其實還是想照自己的意思做的方法 Listen for whether the person is truly bending要聽聽看對方是不是真的在讓步 or only sounding kind還是只是聽起來很和善而已
組成conciliate + -ory, an ending that means “tending to” or “meant to.” So: meant to calm the other side and bring them back toward agreement.
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- conciliatethe verb this adjective points back to
- conciliationthe process such a tone or gesture is meant to help
- conciliatorthe person who often takes this tone
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
conciliatoryadj/kənˈsɪl.i.əˌtɔɹ.i/
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Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.
- Lady Anne checked herself, for she heard a carriage stop at the door, and her daughters enter the house; and she had not made up her mind as to the turn she should give to their conciliatory visit.
- Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。