| 词汇 | mollifying |
| 释义 | mollifying present 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 mollifyingmollifying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The second terms of the search directions are interpolated by the piecewise linear function before clipping and mollifying. With this language, the knowledgeable clinician can communicate with her patients empathetically and without condescension, consoling grief and mollifying distress, across borders and cultures. 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 One could almost describe him as having been mollifying in areas such as pay demands and the question of management costs in the health service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That year would make all the difference in mollifying parents to some extent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want any mollifying phrases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that there is a small mollifying sentence on exchange of technical information, but this does not really much affect the disqualifying power of the clause. 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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