mollify

• vt. 平息，緩和；使…平靜；使…變軟

來自拉丁語mollis,軟的，詞源同melt,-fy,使。即使軟下來，引申詞義使平靜，撫慰。

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.

展開調查主要是為了安撫那些壓力集團。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She managed to mollify her angry boss.

她順利平息了她生氣的老板.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Say something to mollify his anger.

你去解勸幾句,叫他別生氣了.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.

展開調查主要是為了安撫那些壓力集團。

來自辭典例句

5. He tried to mollify his father's anger by apologizing.

他企圖以認錯來減緩他父親的怒氣.

來自辭典例句