[with obj.](常作be reconciled)restore friendly relations between 使和解,使和好;把…争取过来 she wanted to be reconciled with her father. 她想跟父亲言归于好。 the news reconciled us. 这消息使我俩重归于好。 ■cause to coexist in harmony; make or show to be compatible 使共存;调和;使一致,使符合 the hope that Christianity and feminism could be reconciled. 基督教与女权运动能够协调一致的希望。 you may have to adjust your ideal to reconcile it with reality. 你或许该调整一下自己的理想,使之符合现实。 ■make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed 调节,核对,查核(账目) it is not necessary to reconcile the cost accounts to the financial accounts. 没有必要使成本账目和财务账目一致。 ■settle (a quarrel) 调停,调解(争吵) advice on how to reconcile the conflict. 如何调解冲突的建议。 ■(reconcile someone to)make someone accept (a disagreeable or unwelcome thing) 使接受;使顺从于,使安心于,使甘心于 he was reconciled to leaving. 他甘心离去。
late Middle English: from Old French reconcilier or Latin reconciliare, from Latin re- 'back' (also expressing intensive force) + conciliare 'bring together'