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单词 mollify
释义
mollify
verb[T]
uk
/ˈmɒl.ɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈmɑː.lə.faɪ/
to make someone lessangryorupset:
使平静；抚慰
Itriedto mollify her by giving herflowers.我试图通过送花来抚慰她。
Synonym
placate
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to become calm or make someone calm
  • calm downDad was really angry and it was a long time before he calmed down.
  • calmHe calmed the crying baby.
  • settle downChildren, settle down and take your seats!
  • simmer downOkay, simmer down - no one's trying to upset you.
  • cool down/offWhy don't you go for a walk and cool off?
  • chill outMum, chill out! I'll be home before midnight, I promise!
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making things better
  • add salt tosomethingidiom
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • alleviation
  • ameliorate
  • cultivate
  • leavening
  • liven(something)up
  • lubricate
  • make a differenceidiom
  • make a world of differenceidiom
  • relieve
  • revitalize
  • revivify
  • revolutionize
  • salvage
  • salve
  • save the dayidiom
  • sharpen
  • tonic
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(Definition ofmollifyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mollify| American Dictionary

mollify
verb[T]
us
/ˈmɑl·əˌfɑɪ/
to make someone lessangryorupset, or to make something lesssevereor moregentle:
She was not mollified by hisapology.
(Definition ofmollifyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmollify

mollify
In such private settings, there is no public tomollify, and there is less need to overstate the case; one may presumably speak one's mind.
From theCambridge English Corpus
While this may be understandable, such a fudge is unlikely, in the medium to long term, tomollifythe insurance industry.
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They will not be mollified by being told that the law says that the limit is such-and-such in terms of numbers.
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The ethics advisory group does not inform the public; on the contrary, it tries tomollifypublic opinion.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Provided that they continue to do so, those people may be satisfied and mollified.
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The farmers are dissatisfied, and they are in no way mollified by the additional £10 calf subsidy.
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I am not much mollified by that intervention.
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Ninety-nine times out of 100, the angry citizen is mollified.
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If criteria could be added to speed, reliability and cost, this mightmollifythe widespread opposition which exists to quantity licensing.
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We are in no way mollified by the answers we have had hitherto.
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I do not believe that parents with or without care will be mollified by that.
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I hope, therefore, that my noble friend will be mollified.
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One hopes that it will also go a long way towards mollifying the aggrieved in each case.
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Again, he said that only suggestions correcting inadvertences and mistakes or mollifying and making more acceptable its substantial provisions could possibly be moved as suggestions.
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I was only trying to smooth andmollifythe proceedings as far as possible.
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