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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - You can rarely, if ever, please, placate, change, or mollify an asshole.
不可能取悦、平息或改造一个混蛋。 - Something that'll mollify the right.
这些话要能安抚一下右翼。