reconcile /ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl/ CET4 TEM4 ( reconciling, reconciled, reconciles )

• 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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  ...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

  例：

  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. 

  reconciled ADJ 妥协的; 将就的 [v-link ADJ 'to' n/-ing]

  例：

  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。