mollify['mɔlifai]

• vt.
  • 抚慰，使平静，安抚，使平息怒气：

    to mollify someone by modesty

    用谦虚使某人平静下来

  • 缓和，减轻：

    to mollify someone's arrogance

    平息某人的气焰

  • 使变软，使变温柔
• vi.
  • [古语]变温和；息怒：

    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。

• 变形:

  vt.mollified.mollifying