| 词汇 | mollify |
| 释义 | 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 liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom remedial restructure revamp revitalize revivify revolutionize salve sharpen tonic mollify | American Dictionarymollify verb[ T ] us/ˈmɑl·əˌfɑɪ/ to make someone less angry or upset, or to make something less severe or more gentle: She was not mollified by his apology. Examples of mollifymollify In such private settings, there is no public to mollify, and there is less need to overstate the case; one may presumably speak one's mind. While this may be understandable, such a fudge is unlikely, in the medium to long term, to mollify the insurance industry. 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 The ethics advisory group does not inform the public; on the contrary, it tries to mollify public opinion. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 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 If criteria could be added to speed, reliability and cost, this might mollify the widespread opposition which exists to quantity licensing. 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 One hopes that it will also go a long way towards mollifying the aggrieved in each case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, he said that only suggestions correcting inadvertences and mistakes or mollifying and making more acceptable its substantial provisions could possibly be moved as suggestions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was only trying to smooth and mollify the proceedings as far as possible. 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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