单词 | mollify |
释义 | mollify 1.(placate)安抚;抚慰 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。 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。 2.(lessen severity)缓和;减轻 |
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