mollify

• vt. 平息，缓和；使…平静；使…变软

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。

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.

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She managed to mollify her angry boss.

她顺利平息了她生气的老板.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Say something to mollify his anger.

你去解劝几句,叫他别生气了.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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。

来自辞典例句

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.

来自辞典例句