mollify

英 [ˈmɒlɪfaɪ]

美 [ˈmɑːlɪfaɪ]

v.  使平静; 抚慰

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

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BNC.21154 / COCA.21490

牛津词典

verb

• 使平静；抚慰
  to make sb feel less angry or upset

柯林斯词典

• VERB 抚慰;安抚
  If youmollifysomeone, you do or say something to make them less upset or angry.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• make less rigid or softer
• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
  1. she tempered her criticism
  Synonym:temperseason
• cause to be more favorably inclined
  1. She managed to mollify the angry customer
  Synonym:pacifylenifyconciliateassuageappeaseplacategentlegruntle

双语例句

• His explanation failed to mollify her.
  他的解释未能消解她的怒气。
• Jack claimed that he could mollify the mayor's wife.
  杰克宣称他不能让市长夫人平静过下来。
• A shorter working week has been proposed to mollify the effects of the new working arrangements.
  一个较短的上作周被建议用来缓和新的工作安排的影响。
• But it has placed conditions on its future membership of the bank in an attempt to mollify concerns expressed by its main military ally, the US.
  但澳大利亚对其在亚投行的未来成员身份设定了条件，以安抚主要军事盟友美国所表达的关切。
• He feared this portent and tried to banish it from his mind, mollify it erase it-but it kept returning.
  他害怕这个不祥的预兆，想方设法把它从脑子里撵出去，平息它，消除它&但是它总是返回来。
• No matter which it is mollify of music all can encouragement you.
  不论哪一种缓和的音乐都可以鼓励你。
• Hard discipline may be needed to preserve the euro, and to mollify German voters who do not want to bankroll irresponsible neighbours.
  强硬的规则是必要的，可以保护欧元，也可以安抚不愿再为不负责任的邻国掏腰包的德国选民。
• 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。
• The Save Disney campaign, however, warned that those promises would not be enough to mollify investors.
  不过，“拯救迪斯尼”运动的人士警告说，那些承诺不足以安抚投资者。
• 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。