| 釋義 |
soothevt. 1. humour,flatter,say “yes” to遷就,奉承,順著。 △Lr.3.4.181 (177): “Good my lord,soothe him; let himtake the fellow.”大人,就順著他吧;讓他把這個(gè)人帶去吧。 △Com.4.4.81 (79): “Is't good to soothe him inthese contraries?” 他這么顛三倒四的,還順著他,對(duì)嗎? △R.III.1.3.298 (297): “And soothe the devil that I warn thee from?”我警告你要遠(yuǎn)離開的魔鬼,你倒去巴結(jié)嗎? 2. smooth or gloss over,palliate把…弄得光滑,掩蓋,掩飾。 △3H.VI.3.3.175:“And now,to soothe your for-gery and his,/ Sends me a paper to persuade me pa-tience?”現(xiàn)在,為了掩飾你的和他的欺詐,送給我一頁(yè)信勸告我忍耐嗎? soothe[su:e]v.安慰,撫慰,使鎮(zhèn)定 ◇soothed sb.’s nerves…的心緒平靜下來(lái) |