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mollify sb
She tried to mollify her angry boss.
她试图安抚生气的老板。
使缓和；平息；使变软
mollified — past of mollify
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使缓和；平息；使变软
make less rigid or softer
She tried to mollify her angry boss.
她试图安抚生气的老板。
减轻负担,尤其是减轻忧虑；使不那么痛苦；安慰
To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
平息怒火,安抚,获得好感
To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.
使变软；使柔和
To soften; to make tender.
mollify
Base
原形
mollifies
3rd person
第三人称单数
mollifying
-ing
现在分词
mollified
Past
过去式
mollified
Past participle
过去分词
He tries to mollify his angry boss.
他试图安抚愤怒的老板。
规则动词，过去式加-ed，现在分词去e加ing。
The manager tried to mollify the angry customer by offering a full refund.
经理试图通过提供全额退款来安抚愤怒的顾客。
A sincere apology might mollify your sister after you forgot her birthday.
在你忘记妹妹生日后，真诚的道歉或许能安抚她。
The company issued a statement to mollify employees' concerns about the changes.
公司发表声明以缓解员工对变动的担忧。
She tried to mollify her angry boss.
她试图安抚生气的老板。
The apology mollified his resentment.
道歉平息了他的怨恨。
He mollified the child with a candy.
他用糖果安抚了孩子。
The conciliatory words mollified the anger of the protesters.
和解的话平息了抗议者的愤怒。
Not this
He tried to mollify.
Use this
He tried to mollify her.
“mollify”是及物动词，必须接宾语，不能单独使用。中文“平息”可带可不带宾语，但英语中需明确宾语。
Not this
She mollified the report.
Use this
She modified the report.
“mollify”意为“平息、抚慰”，而“modify”意为“修改”。由于发音相似，学习者容易混淆，应根据语境选用正确动词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
安抚批评者
The company issued a public apology to mollify critics.
公司公开发表道歉以安抚批评者。
平息反对意见
The government made small concessions to mollify opposition to the new policy.
政府作出小幅让步以平息对新政策的反对。
缓解担忧
The doctor's explanation mollified the patient's fears about the surgery.
医生的解释缓解了病人对手术的担忧。
平息怒火
He tried to mollify her anger with a sincere apology.
他试图用真诚的道歉来平息她的怒火。
安抚股东
The CEO promised a dividend increase to mollify shareholders.
首席执行官承诺增加股息以安抚股东。
Use mollified naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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联想记忆：moll- 像 mollusk（软体动物），让怒气变软、平息，即安抚、缓和。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、diplomatic or business negotiation mollify 通常用于较正式或书面的语境，多出现在描述安抚情绪、平息怒火的场合，如外交或商务交涉中；日常口语中较少使用。
qualify rhymes with mollify: both have the same stressed vowel /ɒ/ and ending /lɪfaɪ/. The other -ify words are spelling lookalikes, not true rhymes: clarify, justify, nullify, and satisfy have a different stressed vowel, and modify has /d/ where mollify has /l/, so the sounds after the stress do not match.
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