V-T If you propitiate someone, you stop them from being angry or impatient by doing something to please them. 使息怒; 和解 [正式]
I've never gone out of my way to propitiate people.
我从未违心安慰过别人。
These ancient ceremonies propitiate the spirits of the waters.
这些古老的仪式平息水中神灵的怒气。
Christ expiated the SINS and propitiated the divine wrath for all his people.
基督替祂的子民赎了他们的罪，并且挽回了神的忿怒。
Indonesians, who are said to believe the dragons are reincarnations of their ancestors, have in the past propitiated them by sacrificing goats.
据称很多认为巨蜥是他们祖先灵魂化身的印尼人曾经一度通过献祭山羊来供奉它们。
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