soothe
/suːð/ 动词 B1中文： 安抚、缓和、减轻
- To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
- To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
- To calm or placate someone or some situation.
- To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
- To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
- To bring comfort or relief.
- To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
He/she/it soothes · 过去式 soothed · 过去分词 soothed · -ing形式 soothing
动词形式
- 原形
- soothe
- He/she/it
- soothes
- 过去式
- soothed
- 过去分词
- soothed
- -ing形式
- soothing
来自图书馆
“Well, perhaps not,” said Alice in a soothing tone: “don’t be angry about it.
I’m an inch taller than Diana, but she is ever so much fatter; she says she’d like to be thin because it’s so much more graceful, but I’m afraid she only said it to soothe my feelings.
A good cry, indulged in the grateful solitude of the east gable, had soothed her nerves and restored her to her wonted cheerfulness.
Her daughters listened in silence to this effusion, sensible that any attempt to reason with or soothe her would only increase the irritation.
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