mollifying
present participle ofmollify
| 单词 | mollifying |
| 释义 | mollifying present participle ofmollify mollify verb[T] uk/ˈmɒl.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˈmɑː.lə.faɪ/to make someone lessangryorupset: Itriedto mollify her by giving herflowers. Synonym placate to become calm or make someone calm
Making things better
Examplesofmollifyingmollifying 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 andmollifying. From theCambridge English Corpus With this language, the knowledgeable clinician can communicate with her patients empathetically and without condescension, consoling grief andmollifyingdistress, across borders and cultures. From theCambridge English Corpus One hopes that it will also go a long way towardsmollifyingthe aggrieved in each case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, he said that only suggestions correcting inadvertences and mistakes ormollifyingand 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One could almost describe him as having beenmollifyingin 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That year would make all the difference inmollifyingparents to some extent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want anymollifyingphrases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that there is a smallmollifyingsentence 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 theOpen 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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