mollify
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈmɒl.ɪ.faɪ]
- 美式音标 [ˈmɑː.lə.faɪ]
- 国际音标 ['mɔlifai]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. (使)平靜,平息怒氣;安撫,撫慰;緩和,減輕
词根记忆
- moll(柔軟的) + ify→使柔軟→安撫
- moll(軟) + ify(使)→使矛盾軟化→平息
英汉例句
- 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。 - She managed to mollify her angry boss.
她順利平息了她生氣的老板. - Say something to mollify his anger.
你去解勸幾句,叫他別生氣了. - 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。 - She managed to mollify her angry boss.
她順利平息了她生氣的老板.
英英字典
- to make someone less angry or upset
- If you mollify someone, you do or say something to make them less upset or angry.