•In those days people might sacrifice a goat or sheep to propitiate an angry god.在那个时候，人们可能会祭献一只山羊或绵羊以祈求愤怒神明的息怒。

•The radicals in the party were clearly sacked to propitiate the conservative core.开除政党中的激进分子显然是为了安抚保守的核心成员。