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

• 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。
• His explanation failed to mollify her.
  他的解释未能消解她的怒气。
• 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 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 President's comments, however did little to mollify the project's opponents.
  总统的这番话并没有平息反对这个计划的人的愤怒。
• 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。
• She managed to mollify her angry boss.
  她顺利平息了她生气的老板。
• 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。
• 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。
• But this has done little to mollify Beijing, which has portrayed the prize as a western plot to undermine China.
  但这无助于安抚北京方面，北京将该奖描述为西方破坏中国的一个阴谋。