Word · Frequency #21154
mollify
安抚；平息怒气
核心释义
To make someone less angry and more willing to agree; to pacify or win over.
- 1.
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.
- 2.
平息怒火,安抚,获得好感
To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.
- 3.
使变软；使柔和
To soften; to make tender.
缓解（忧虑、痛苦）；安慰；使变软；使柔和；减轻负担,尤其是减轻忧虑；使不那么痛苦；安慰；平息怒火,安抚,获得好感；平息
用法In use
He bought his little sister some ice cream to mollify her after their quarrel.
用法提示：mollify 作动词，不定式 to mollify 在这里表示“安抚、平息某人的怒气”。
The manager offered a full refund to mollify the angry customer.
用法提示：mollify 作动词，与 the angry customer 搭配，表示平息怒火、安抚对方。
A sincere apology usually mollifies even the most stubborn colleague.
用法提示：mollify 作动词，第三人称单数形式 mollifies，表示安抚并赢得对方的好感。
mollify sb
She tried to mollify her angry boss.
她试图安抚生气的老板。
mollify sth
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- mollify critics
- 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。
- mollify opposition
- 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。
- mollify fears
- 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。
- mollify anger
- 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。
- mollify shareholders
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想记忆：moll- 像 mollusk（软体动物），让怒气变软、平息，即安抚、缓和。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
语法说明Grammar Note
宾语通常是被安抚的人或 anger、fears 一类情绪名词，例如 mollify the customer、mollify her anger，句子不能没有宾语。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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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