soft-soaped
past participle, past simple ofsoft-soap
| 单词 | soft-soaped |
| 释义 | soft-soaped past participle, past simple ofsoft-soap soft-soap verb[T] informaluk/ˌsɒftˈsəʊp/us/ˌsɑːftˈsoʊp/totrytopersuadesomeone to do what youwantby sayingpleasantthings to them Urging & persuading
Examplesofsoft-soapedsoft-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 the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It 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 the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These 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. |
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