| 词汇 | mollified |
| 释义 | mollified past simple and past participle ofmollify mollify verb[ T ] uk /ˈmɒl.ɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈmɑː.lə.faɪ/ to make someone less angry or upset: 使平静；抚慰 I tried to mollify her by giving her flowers.我试图通过送花来抚慰她。 Synonym placate to become calm or make someone calm calm downDad was really angry and it was a long time before he calmed down. calmHe calmed the crying baby. settle downChildren, settle down and take your seats! simmer downOkay, simmer down - no one's trying to upset you. cool down/offWhy don't you go for a walk and cool off? chill outMum, chill out! I'll be home before midnight, I promise! Making things better add salt to somethingidiom allay alleviate alleviation ameliorate cultivate levelling up lighten liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom remedial repolish restructure revamp revitalize revivify sharpen tonic Examples of mollifiedmollified In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. First, a mollified system must be introduced which turns derivative operators into bounded operators. They will not be mollified by being told that the law says that the limit is such-and-such in terms of numbers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Provided that they continue to do so, those people may be satisfied and mollified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The farmers are dissatisfied, and they are in no way mollified by the additional £10 calf subsidy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not much mollified by that intervention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ninety-nine times out of 100, the angry citizen is mollified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are in no way mollified by the answers we have had hitherto. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that parents with or without care will be mollified by that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope, therefore, that my noble friend will be mollified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are told that service families will be mollified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am still less mollified by the suggestion that there is more flexibility in the use of revenue for capital purposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That message mollified the trade union leaders at the time, and they went off heartened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have mollified their opposition by degrees, until now they have come to heel by supporting this legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Quite apart from anything else, why does anyone believe that the critics of the judges will be mollified by this proposal? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even the partial retreat of their alarmed attackers has not mollified the feeling of soreness and injustice among them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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