英
['mɒlɪfaɪ]
美
['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)
- 抚慰
- 使平静
- 平息
- 缓和
- 安慰
- 使软化
- 减轻
- 使安静
- 消失
- 减缓
- 温和
- 使息怒
- 使镇静
- 安抚
英英释义
Verb:
-
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer"
-
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate;
"she tempered her criticism"
-
make less rigid or softer
mollify的用法和样例：
例句
用作动词 (v.)
- He tried to find ways of mollifying her.
他想方设法安慰她。 - 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。 - She managed to mollify her angry boss.
她顺利平息了她生气的老板。 - 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。 - 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
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'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
