mollify
英['m?l?fa?]
美['mɑl?fa?]
- vt. 平息，緩和；使…平靜；使…變軟
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?mollifies;過去式:?mollified;過去分詞:?mollified;現在分詞:?mollifying;
中文詞源
mollify 使平靜，撫慰
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。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 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