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

• Say something to mollify his anger.
  你去解劝几句，叫他别生气了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But Samsung's rapid response to the indictment fit a pattern for the way it has coped with other high-profile legal difficulties in recent years: by quickly taking big steps to mollify public anger.
  但是三星集团对赵俊雄的声明迅速做出的反应倒是和它一贯作风相符，近年来该公司在卷入闹得沸沸扬扬的法律纠纷时总能在第一时间出手、平息众怒。
• 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。