及物动词
1. He bought his angry wife a gift, but she refused to be mollified.
他买了一件礼物给生气的妻子,但她不肯就此息怒。
1. 使软化:mortify 使屈辱 | mollify 使软化 | ossify 僵化,硬化
2. mollify
2. 缓和:mince#切碎 | mollify#缓和 | muddle#弄糟
3. 缓和,抚慰:-efy 拉 | mollify 缓和,抚慰 | liquefy 溶解,液化
1. 抚慰;安抚
If you mollify someone, you do or say something to make them less upset or angry.
e.g. 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。
verb
1. make less rigid or softer
2. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
moderate
e.g. she tempered her criticism
3. cause to be more favorably inclined
gain the good will of
e.g. She managed to mollify the angry customer
Synonym: pacifylenifyconciliateassuageappeaseplacategentlegruntle