mollify的意思

mollify

英式音标['mɑlɪfaɪ]
美式英标['mɒlɪfaɪ]

基本解释

vt. 平息，缓和；使…平静；使…变软

mollify 使平静，抚慰

来自拉丁语mollis,软的，词源同melt,-fy,使。即使软下来，引申词义使平静，抚慰。

mollify (v.): late 14c., "to soften (a substance)," from Old French mollifier or directly from Late Latin mollificare "make soft, mollify" from mollificus "softening," from Latin mollis "soft" (see melt (v.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Transferred sense of "soften in temper, appease, pacify" is recorded from early 15c. Related: Mollified; mollifying.

1. The inves-tigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.: 展开调查主要是为了安抚那些压力集团。

4. The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.: 展开调查主要是为了安抚那些压力集团。