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mollify基本信息

读法：英 ["mɒlɪfaɪ] 美 ["mɑlɪfaɪ]

释义：

  • vt. 平息，缓和；使…平静；使…变软

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    英英释义

    Verb:

  • cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;"She managed to mollify the angry customer"
  • make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate;"she tempered her criticism"
  • make less rigid or softer

    • 中英词源

    mollify 使平静，抚慰wWw.WEnTiyi.cOm

    来自拉丁语mollis,软的，词源同melt,-fy,使。即使软下来，引申词义使平静，抚慰。

    mollify (v.)
    late 14c., "to soften (a substance)," from Old French mollifier or directly from Late Latin mollificare "make soft, mollify" from mollificus "softening," from Latin mollis "soft" (see melt (v.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Transferred sense of "soften in temper, appease, pacify" is recorded from early 15c. Related: Mollified; mollifying.

    词态变化

    第三人称单数 mollifies;
    过去式 mollified;
    过去分词 mollified;
    现在分词 mollifying;

    权威造句

    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

    近反义词

  • pacify 使 ... 平静
  • quell 压制
  • placate 抚慰
  • appease 安抚
  • calm 平静的
  • calm down （使)平静
  • soothe 缓和
  • moderate 适度的
  • soften (使)变柔和
  • lessen 减少
  • alleviate 减轻
  • still 静止的
  • loosen 松开
  • lenify 安慰
  • gruntle 使高兴
  • assuage 缓和
  • gentle 温和的
  • temper 脾气
  • conciliate 安抚
  • season 季节

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