Word · Frequency #21154
mollify
使缓和；平息；使变软
make less rigid or softer
- 1.
To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
减轻负担,尤其是减轻忧虑；使不那么痛苦；安慰
- 2.
To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.
平息怒火,安抚,获得好感
- 3.
To soften; to make tender.
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；使变软；使柔和；平息；缓和
In use
The manager tried to mollify the angry customer by offering a full refund.
A sincere apology might mollify your sister after you forgot her birthday.
The company issued a statement to mollify employees' concerns about the changes.
mollify sb
She tried to mollify her angry boss.
她试图安抚生气的老板。
mollify sth
The apology mollified his resentment.
道歉平息了他的怨恨。
mollify sb with sth
He mollified the child with a candy.
Connections
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
- 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。
Synonyms
Learner notes
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。
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。
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.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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