mollify

英['mɒlɪfaɪ] 美['mɑːlɪfaɪ]
  • v. 安慰；安抚；平息
mollifiable mollifyingly mollification mollified mollified mollifying mollifies
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详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. 抚慰
    2. 使平静
    3. 平息
    4. 缓和
    5. 安慰
    6. 使软化
    7. 减轻
    8. 使安静
    9. 消失
    10. 减缓
    11. 温和
    12. 使息怒
    13. 使镇静
    14. 安抚

英英释义

Verb:
  1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;

    "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

  2. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate;

    "she tempered her criticism"

  3. make less rigid or softer

双语例句

1. The inves-tigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.
展开调查主要是为了安抚那些压力集团。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She managed to mollify her angry boss.
她顺利平息了她生气的老板.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Say something to mollify his anger.
你去解劝几句,叫他别生气了.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.
展开调查主要是为了安抚那些压力集团。

来自辞典例句

5. He tried to mollify his father's anger by apologizing.
他企图以认错来减缓他父亲的怒气.

来自辞典例句

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. He tried to find ways of mollifying her.
      他想方设法安慰她。
    2. Regulators often force government-backed firms to shrink to mollify rivals.
      监管者常迫使政府支持的公司收缩经营以安抚其竞争对手。
    3. She managed to mollify her angry boss.
      她顺利平息了她生气的老板。
    4. He tried to mollify his father's anger by apologizing.
      他企图以认错来减缓他父亲的怒气。
    5. We tried to mollify the hysterical child by promising her many gifts.
      我们答应给这个歇斯底里的孩子许多礼物，为的是使她平静下来。

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mollusc Moll mollifying mollifying the contradictions
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