英语短语"reconcile…with"的核心含义是“使…与…和解;使…与…一致/协调”,主要用于两类场景:人际关系的修复或观点/事实的统一。
表示修复破裂的关系,让双方恢复友好。
结构:`reconcile sb. with sb.`(使甲与乙和解);`reconcile with sb.`(主动与某人和解)。
例子:
She worked hard to reconcile her husband with his estranged father.(她努力让丈夫和疏远的父亲和解。)
After the argument, they didn’t speak for weeks until Tom finally reconciled with Lily.(争吵后他们几周没说话,直到汤姆最终和莉莉和解。)
They were reconciled with each other at the family reunion.(家庭聚会上他们彼此和解了。)
表示让两个矛盾的观点、事实或理念达成一致,消除冲突。
结构:`reconcile sth. with sth.`(使甲与乙一致)。
例子:
How can you reconcile your belief in equality with your support for this biased policy?(你怎么能将自己对平等的信仰与对这项有偏见政策的支持协调起来?)
It’s difficult to reconcile the company’s environmental claims with its history of pollution.(很难将公司的环保声明与其污染历史统一起来。)
Scientists are still trying to reconcile quantum theory with general relativity.(科学家仍在试图让量子理论与广义相对论相协调。)
表示“接受/适应某事”(尤指不太愿意接受的事实)。
例子:
He had to reconcile himself with the fact that he would never play football again.(他不得不接受自己再也不能踢足球的事实。)
She struggled to reconcile herself with the loss of her job.(她努力适应失业的现实。)
两者都有“适应”的含义,但侧重不同:
`reconcile with`:强调两者之间的关系(和解/一致);
`reconcile to`:更强调个人对某事物的接受(使某人适应某事)。
例子:
He couldn’t reconcile himself to the idea of moving abroad.(他无法接受出国的想法。)
She finally reconciled with her past mistakes.(她最终与自己过去的错误和解了。)
人际关系:修复矛盾,恢复友好(reconcile sb. with sb.);
观点/事实:消除冲突,达成一致(reconcile sth. with sth.);
个人接受:适应不愿面对的事实(reconcile oneself with sth.)。
通过具体语境结合例子,更容易掌握其用法~