smooth over
英 [smuːð ˈəʊvə(r)]
美 [smuːð ˈoʊvər]
（尤指通过协商）减轻，缓和
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB (尤指通过协商)减轻，缓和
If yousmooth overa problem or difficulty, you make it less serious and easier to deal with, especially by talking to the people concerned.- ...an attempt to smooth over the violent splits that have occurred...
力求缓和已经发生的暴力冲突的尝试 - The Chancellor is trying to smooth things over.
总理正试图缓和局面。
- ...an attempt to smooth over the violent splits that have occurred...
英英释义
verb
- treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly
双语例句
- So I would smile and nod, bowing like a Japanese and groping frantically for words that would smooth over the visitors'leaving and make them feel they would be welcome to come again.
于是我微笑、点头，像日本人似地弯腰鞠躬，搜索枯肠想找些话来说，尽量做到得体，让客人觉得我确实欢迎他们再来。 - Before leaving a bunker, players should carefully fill up and smooth over all holes and footprints made by them and any nearby made by others.
离开沙坑前，球员应当仔细平整因自己形成和附近由其他球员造成的所有凹坑和脚印。 - In such cases, the communal tables and the open kitchen can smooth over awkward silences.
这种情况下，公共餐桌和开放式厨房都能减少沉默带来的尴尬。 - He tried to smooth over their argument by making his parents laugh.
他想把他的父母逗笑来平息他们之间的争吵。 - The children of the two families are trying to smooth over a lengthy feud.
这两家的晚辈在试图缓解长久的世仇。 - It is hoped that the mutual benefits of this trading relationship will become increasingly obvious and that this, in turn, will help smooth over emerging geostrategic rivalries.
人们希望，这种贸易关系的互惠性将变得日益明显，并进而帮助缓和正在露头的地缘战略对抗。 - But identifying and exploiting concepts common to two or more categories can smooth over the boundaries to some extent.
但确定和利用两种或多种类别的公共概念能够在某种程度上打破相互之间的藩篱。 - Smooth over your face, neck, even under the fragile eye area.
涂抹于脸部及颈部，包括脆弱的眼部肌肤。 - For a company renowned for its lack of openness, Google has been working hard to smooth over concerns about the functioning of its search technology.
作为一家以缺乏开放性闻名的公司，谷歌（google）一直在努力打消人们对于其搜索技术运作情况的顾虑。 - But the other night an old woman shattered my belief that a glib response could smooth over the rough spots of dealing with other human beings.
但是，那天晚上，一位老妇人的出现彻底瓦解了的信念：嘴巴乖巧并不意味着就能顺利与人打交道。