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