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

• You won't be able to mollify her with flowers.
  你无法用鲜花来抚慰她。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You can rarely, if ever, please, placate, change, or mollify an asshole.
  不可能取悦、平息或改造一个混蛋。
• 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。
• 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。
• Something that'll mollify the right.
  这些话要能安抚一下右翼。
• 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。