mollify

英 ['mɒlɪfaɪ] 美['mɑlɪfaɪ]
  • vt. 平息,缓和;使…平静;使…变软

GRETEM8畅通词汇

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;

中文词源


mollify 使平静,抚慰

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。

英英释意


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

英文词源


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.

实用场景例句


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。

柯林斯例句

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

《简明英汉词典》

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

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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。

辞典例句

Ingredient: DNA Fluid, Lavender, Hamamelis, Elastic Element, Micro - collagen Protein, Hair Follicle Mollify.
主要成份: DNA原液 、 薰衣草 、 金缕梅 、 弹力素 、 微胶原蛋白 、 毛囊软化剂.

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We tried to mollify the hysterical child by promising her many gifts.
我们答应给这个患歇斯底里病的孩子许多礼物,为的是使她平静下来.

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The President's comments , however, did little to mollify the project's opponents.
但是, 总统的解释只能稍许缓和这股对项目的反对浪潮.

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She managed to mollify the angry customer.
她设法安抚这位愤怒的客户.

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This failed to mollify Macau's critics.
这种做法不能平息澳门评论家的声音.

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Ingredient: DNA Original Fluid, Lavender, Hamamelis, Elastic Element, Micro - collagen Protein, Hair Follicle Mollify.
主要成分DNA原液 、 薰衣草 、 金缕梅 、 弹力素 、 微胶原蛋白 、 毛囊软化剂.

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For this, she adopt the every hind of measure, and mollify between Shanxi and Nanjing sityation.
为此, 她采取各种措施, 缓和宁陕局势.

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