mollify是什麼意思 mollify的用法 mollify怎麼讀

mollify

英 ['mɒlɪfaɪ]美 ['mɑlɪfaɪ]

vt. 平息，緩和；使…平靜；使…變軟

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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。

英語詞源

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.

權威例句

1. The inves-tigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.

展開調查主要是爲了安撫那些壓力集團。

2. She managed to mollify her angry boss.

她順利平息了她生氣的老闆.

3. Say something to mollify his anger.

你去解勸幾句,叫他別生氣了.

4. The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.

展開調查主要是爲了安撫那些壓力集團。

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.

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