mollify

  畅通词汇  
['mɒlɪfaɪ]     ['mɑːlɪfaɪ]    
  • v. 安慰;安抚;平息
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mollify的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

详尽释义

v. (动词)
  1. 抚慰
  2. 使平静
  3. 平息
  4. 缓和
  5. 安慰
  6. 使软化
  7. 减轻
  8. 使安静
  9. 消失
  10. 减缓
  11. 温和
  12. 使息怒
  13. 使镇静
  14. 安抚

英英释义

Verb:
  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

mollify的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词 (v.)
  1. He tried to find ways of mollifying her.
    他想方设法安慰她。
  2. Regulators often force government-backed firms to shrink to mollify rivals.
    监管者常迫使政府支持的公司收缩经营以安抚其竞争对手。
  3. She managed to mollify her angry boss.
    她顺利平息了她生气的老板。
  4. 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。
  5. We tried to mollify the hysterical child by promising her many gifts.
    我们答应给这个歇斯底里的孩子许多礼物,为的是使她平静下来。

经典引文

  • 'Always nagging,' muttered Mrs. Darnley, secretly mollified by feeling her son's arm round her waist.

    出自: G. Santayana
  • The Colonel looked crosser, so I added, 'Sir', which mollified him slightly.

    出自: A. Guinness

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