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mollify

C2 verb

mollify /ˈmɒlɪfaɪ/ nghĩa là làm dịu, xoa dịu

Các nghĩa

  1. làm dịu, xoa dịu

    To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.

    mollify someone’s anger

    attempt to mollify

    mollify criticism

  2. làm nguôi, làm dịu cơn giận

    To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.

    He tried to mollify the angry customer.

    The angry goat was quite mollified by the respectful tone in which he was addressed.

    There were no honeyed words from Dr. Beeching to mollify Scottish feeling on rail service closures during his one-day visit in May.

  3. làm mềm

    To soften; to make tender.

    Nor is it any more difficulty for him to mollifie what is hard, then it is to harden what is so soft and fluid as the Aire.

    By thy kindness thou wilt melt and mollify his spirit towards thee, as hardest metals are melted by coals of fire […]

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