| 词汇 | propitiatory |
| 释义 | propitiatory adjective formaluk /prəˌpɪʃ.iˈeɪ.tər.i/ us /prəˈpɪʃ.i.ə.tɔːr.i/ intended to please someone and make them feel calm: 劝解的，抚慰的 a propitiatory gesture抚慰的姿态 Calming and relaxing appease assuage balls-to-the-wall bask bread calm chill let/blow off steamidiom lie down lighten something up lull lull someone into something melt relaxation settle settle down shirt simmer simmer down slow down Examples of propitiatorypropitiatory Greeks offered propitiatory libations to prevent the deceased from returning to the upper world to haunt those who had not given them a proper burial. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This was a manifold, therapeutic, magical, propitiatory, alchemic role which flouted the strict biblical and rabbinic prohibitions on the consumption of blood.... From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The festival is derived from medieval propitiatory rituals meant to appease the townspeople and create a joyous atmosphere to bring in the new year. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In more mythical stories, it was also said that the flies that brought pestilence died immediately upon propitiatory sacrifices of this bird. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They therefore served cassava (manioc) bread as well as beverages and tobacco to their zemis as propitiatory offerings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The dance was propitiatory, never secular, and performed only by males. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. But we who are living will bless thee, and will pray, and offer unto thee propitiatory prayers and sacrifices for their souls. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There were three articles at issue in the disputation (on the liturgical language, church authority over forms of worship, and scriptural warrant for propitiatory masses). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The rite is both symbolic and propitiatory. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A propitiatory prayer ends the work. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their function pertains to celebratory rituals: commemorative, initiatory and propitiatory; first in the field of religion, then later even secular, which were held on special occasions, either single or recurrent. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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