单词
soft-soaped
释义
soft-soapedpast participle, past simple ofsoft-soapsoft-soapverb[T]informaluk
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/?sɑ?ft?so?p/totrytopersuadesomeone to do what youwantby sayingpleasantthings to themSMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesUrging & persuading
ambulance-chasing
argumentation
be/go on atsomeoneidiom
blag
blagger
chivvy
fob
induce
inveigle
jolly
lean
lean onsomeone/something
miseducate
miseducation
overencourage
soft sell
urge
work onsomething
wrap
wrapsomeonearoundyourlittle fingeridiom
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Examplesofsoft-soaped
soft-soaped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
No one was being fooled orsoft-soapedabout what was being proposed.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It seems to me that others believe that, once the election is over arid the people have beensoft-soaped into voting for them again, they can do something different.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These 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.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/soft-soaped##
