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

• 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。
• The current secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, called Turkey's foreign minister, prime minister and president to mollify them.
  现任国务卿康多莉扎？赖斯（CondoleezzaRice）拜访了土耳其外长、总理和总统，以安抚他们。
• To mollify Mr Wynn and Mr Ho, both were allowed to sell one sub-concession apiece.
  为了安抚韦恩和何鸿燊，他们各自获准出售一张次级经营权牌照。
• Say something to mollify his anger.
  你去解劝几句，叫他别生气了。
• Something that'll mollify the right.
  这些话要能安抚一下右翼。
• When Cathrine took him at his word, and consented to renounce the attempt to mollify her father, he drew back skillfully enough.
  当凯瑟琳听从他的话答应放弃抚慰父亲的努力时，他巧妙地退却了。
• 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。
• 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。
• To answer it with perfect storms and an Alzheimer's fun run might mollify some, but if I were an investor I would be not merely tearful, but quite put out, too.
  用完美风暴和老年痴呆症的笑话可能会安抚部分投资者，但换了我，将不仅仅会流泪，还会撤资。
• In an attempt to mollify the NDRC, Mercedes announced large price cuts on more than 10,000 spare parts.
  梅赛德斯-奔驰近日宣布大幅下调逾1万种零部件的价格，试图安抚国家发改委。