mollify 详细解释

mollify

['mɔlifai]

v.安慰, 安抚, 平息

词形变化

形容词: mollifiable | 副词: mollifyingly | 名词: mollification | 动词过去式: mollified | 动词过去分词: mollified | 动词现在分词: mollifying | 动词第三人称单数: mollifies |

词义辨析

同义参见:

alleviate  loosen  quell  pacify  lessen  soften  

反义:

vt.缓和; 减轻; 使镇静

exasperate  

英英释义

动词 mollify:

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

同义词:pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, placate, gentle, gruntle

make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate

同义词:temper, season

make less rigid or softer

补充

mollifymollify英:[ˈmɔlifai] 美:[ˈmɑləˌfaɪ]vt.1.使变软, 使平静, 抚慰

例句

1. 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。 2. He looked first mollified and then relieved as it occurred to him his plight could be worse.想到自己本可能会陷入更糟糕的困境, 他的神情先是宽慰, 随后又如释重负。 3. to mollify someone by modesty用谦虚使某人平静下来 4. to mollify someone's arrogance平息某人的气焰 5. He bought his angry wife some flowers, but she refused to be mollified.他买了一些花送给生气的妻子,但未能平息她的怒气。 6. nature reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify local conservationists.发电站四周建立了自然保护区以安抚当地自然保护者。 7. His explanation failed to mollify her.他的解释没能平息她的怒气。 8. He tried to mollify his critics with an apology.他试图通过道歉来安抚批评者。 9. All attempts to mollify the extremists have failed.所有安抚极端主义者的努力都没能成功。 10. "The landlord fixed the heat, but the tenants still were not mollified."房东修好了暖气,但房客们仍怒气未消。