To mollify someone is to make them feel less angry and less upset — to take the heat out of their feelings.

To mollify someone isMollify某人是 to make them feel less angry and less upset讓他們感覺沒那麼生氣、沒那麼難過 — to take the heat out of their feelings把他們情緒裡的火氣降下來。

You might mollify a parent with a clear apology, or mollify an angry customer by fixing the bill. It is about the person, not about changing the facts of the world.

You might mollify a parent with a clear apology你可以用清楚的道歉mollify父母， or mollify an angry customer by fixing the bill或用修好帳單來mollify生氣的顧客。It is about the person這是關於那個人， not about changing the facts of the world而不是關於改變世界的事實。

Though actually, it does not always mean you solved the real problem; sometimes you only made them less hot, for now.

Though actually不過其實， it does not always mean you solved the real problem這不代表你解決了真正的問題； sometimes you only made them less hot, for now有時候你只是讓他們暫時沒那麼氣而已。

The verb is a little formal and bookish. In speech people more often say calm someone down, smooth things over, or talk them down.

The verb is a little formal and bookish這個動詞有點正式，也有點書面。In speech people more often say口語裡人們比較常說 calm someone down, smooth things over, or talk them downcalm someone down、smooth things over，或talk them down。

You will still meet mollify in news, school writing, and careful adult talk. It does not mean to become a “moll,” and it is not about making an object physically soft, even though the old Latin idea behind it was “make soft.”

You will still meet mollify in news, school writing, and careful adult talk你還是會在新聞、學校作文和用心的大人談話裡遇到mollify。It does not mean to become a "moll,"它不是指變成一個『moll』， and it is not about making an object physically soft也不是指讓某個東西在物理上變軟， even though the old Latin idea behind it was "make soft."儘管它背後古老的拉丁文原意是『使變軟』。