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平息,缓和,减轻,使镇静

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mollify \Mol"li*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mollified}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Mollifying}.] [F. mollifier, L. mollificare; mollis
   soft + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Enmollient}, {Moil},
   v. t., and {-fy}.]
   1. To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness,
      harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the
      ground.

            With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited
      feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.

资料来源 : WordNet®

mollify
     v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
          "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {pacify},
           {lenify}, {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {placate},
           {gentle}, {gruntle}]
     2: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding
        something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
        [syn: {temper}, {season}]
     3: make less rigid or softer
     [also: {mollified}]