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
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.- 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。
- The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.
英英释义
verb
- make less rigid or softer
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- she tempered her criticism
- cause to be more favorably inclined
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
双语例句
- 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。 - Jack claimed that he could mollify the mayor's wife.
杰克宣称他不能让市长夫人平静过下来。 - You won't be able to mollify her with flowers.
你无法用鲜花来抚慰她。 - 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。 - 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。 - She managed to mollify her angry boss.
她顺利平息了她生气的老板。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。