smooth something ↔ over

phrasal verbphr v DEAL WITHif you smooth over problems, difficulties etc, you make them seem less serious and easier to control, especially by talking to the people who are involved in the problem 缓和，调解〔困难等〕；斡旋

Sally managed to smooth over the bad feelings between them.

萨莉设法缓和了他们之间的敌对情绪。

Examples from the Corpus

smooth over• Tomorrow he would send a gift - one of the new range of creatures, perhaps - to smooth things over.• He smoothed it over and went home to bed.• Later, I tried to smooth things over, but he wasn't interested.• Robyn unscrewed a jar of moisturiser and smoothed it over her face and neck.• Astrid smoothed her skirt over her hips and sat down.• The old men bury their fellows, smooth the clay over them.• Whisk sauce until smooth and pour over turkey.• She smoothed it over with her hand.

→ smooth something ↔ over at smooth2(4)

单词	smooth something ↔ over
释义	smooth something ↔ over smooth something ↔ over phrasal verbphr v DEAL WITHif you smooth over problems, difficulties etc, you make them seem less serious and easier to control, especially by talking to the people who are involved in the problem 缓和，调解〔困难等〕；斡旋 Sally managed to smooth over the bad feelings between them. 萨莉设法缓和了他们之间的敌对情绪。 Examples from the Corpus smooth over• Tomorrow he would send a gift - one of the new range of creatures, perhaps - to smooth things over.• He smoothed it over and went home to bed.• Later, I tried to smooth things over, but he wasn't interested.• Robyn unscrewed a jar of moisturiser and smoothed it over her face and neck.• Astrid smoothed her skirt over her hips and sat down.• The old men bury their fellows, smooth the clay over them.• Whisk sauce until smooth and pour over turkey.• She smoothed it over with her hand. → smooth something ↔ over at smooth2(4)
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