sop

noun

/sɒp/

/sɑːp/

[usually singular]

sop (to somebody/something) a small, not very important, thing that is offered to somebody who is angry or disappointed in order to make them feel better（为缓和某人愤怒或失望情绪而赠与的）小东西
- The move was seen as another sop to the moderates in the party.这个举措被视为对党内温和派另一小小的安抚。
Word OriginOld English soppian ‘dip (bread) in liquid’, sopp (noun), probably from the base of Old English sūpan ‘sup’. The current sense (mid 17th cent.) alludes to the sop used by Aeneas on his visit to Hades to appease Cerberus in Greek mythology.

单词	sop
释义	sop noun /sɒp/ /sɑːp/ [usually singular] sop (to somebody/something) a small, not very important, thing that is offered to somebody who is angry or disappointed in order to make them feel better（为缓和某人愤怒或失望情绪而赠与的）小东西 The move was seen as another sop to the moderates in the party.这个举措被视为对党内温和派另一小小的安抚。 Word OriginOld English soppian ‘dip (bread) in liquid’, sopp (noun), probably from the base of Old English sūpan ‘sup’. The current sense (mid 17th cent.) alludes to the sop used by Aeneas on his visit to Hades to appease Cerberus in Greek mythology.
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