mollify

• vt.なだめる、和らげる、落ち着かせる、和らげる

ラテン語のmollis「柔らかい」が語源で、melt「溶かす」、-fy「作る」と語源は同じ。柔らかくする、派生的に落ち着かせる、なだめる。

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.

は主にそれらの圧力集団をなだめるために調査を展開した。

2.She managed to mollify her angry boss.

彼女は彼女の怒ったボスを無事に鎮めた。

3.Say something to mollify his anger.

彼を怒らせないように慰めてください。

4.The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.

それらの圧力集団をなだめるために調査を展開した。

5.He tried to mollify his father 's anger by apologising.

彼は過ちを認めることで父の怒りを和らげようとした。