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mollify

英 ['mɒlɪfaɪ]美 ['mɑlɪfaɪ]

vt. 平息，缓和；使…平静；使…变软

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中文词源

mollify 使平静，抚慰

来自拉丁语mollis,软的，词源同melt,-fy,使。即使软下来，引申词义使平静，抚慰。

英语词源

mollify (v.)

late 14c., "to soften (a substance)," from Old French mollifier

or directly from Late Latin mollificare "make soft, mollify" from mollificus "softening," from Latin mollis "soft" (see melt (v.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Transferred sense of "soften in temper, appease, pacify" is recorded from early 15c. Related: Mollified; mollifying.

权威例句

1. The inves-tigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.

展开调查主要是为了安抚那些压力集团。

2. She managed to mollify her angry boss.

她顺利平息了她生气的老板.

3. Say something to mollify his anger.

你去解劝几句,叫他别生气了.

4. 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。

5. 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.

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