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soothevt. 1. humour,flatter,say “yes” to迁就,奉承,顺着。 △Lr.3.4.181 (177): “Good my lord,soothe him; let himtake the fellow.”大人,就顺着他吧;让他把这个人带去吧。 △Com.4.4.81 (79): “Is't good to soothe him inthese contraries?” 他这么颠三倒四的,还顺着他,对吗? △R.III.1.3.298 (297): “And soothe the devil that I warn thee from?”我警告你要远离开的魔鬼,你倒去巴结吗? 2. smooth or gloss over,palliate把…弄得光滑,掩盖,掩饰。 △3H.VI.3.3.175:“And now,to soothe your for-gery and his,/ Sends me a paper to persuade me pa-tience?”现在,为了掩饰你的和他的欺诈,送给我一页信劝告我忍耐吗? soothe[su:ð]v.安慰,抚慰,使镇定 ◇soothed sb.’s nerves…的心绪平静下来 |