记忆方法
将“mollify”分解为“moll”（意为柔软）和“-ify”（表示动词后缀，使...变为）。想象一个东西经过某种过程变得柔软了，以此来记忆“mollify”意为缓和、使柔和。
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中文词源
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。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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。
- 2. She managed to mollify her angry boss.
- 她顺利平息了她生气的老板.
- 3. Say something to mollify his anger.
- 你去解劝几句,叫他别生气了.
- 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。
- 5. He tried to mollify his father's anger by apologizing.
- 他企图以认错来减缓他父亲的怒气.
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