mollify

英 ['mɒlɪfaɪ] 美 ['mɑːlɪfaɪ]

• v. 安慰；安抚；平息

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

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

近反义词

【近义词】

• pacify 使 ... 平静
• quell 压制
• placate 抚慰
• appease 安抚
• calm 平静的
• calm down （使)平静
• soothe 缓和
• moderate 适度的
• soften (使)变柔和
• lessen 减少
• alleviate 减轻
• still 静止的
• loosen 松开
• lenify 安慰
• gruntle 使高兴
• assuage 缓和
• gentle 温和的
• temper 脾气
• conciliate 安抚
• season 季节

【反义词】

• exasperate 使 ... 恼怒