soft-soap
verb🔊/ˌsɒft ˈsəʊp/
🔊/ˈsɔːft səʊp/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they soft-soap | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈsəʊp/ 🔊/ˈsɔːft səʊp/ |
| he / she / it soft-soaps | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈsəʊps/ 🔊/ˈsɔːft səʊps/ |
| past simple soft-soaped | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈsəʊpt/ 🔊/ˈsɔːft səʊpt/ |
| past participle soft-soaped | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈsəʊpt/ 🔊/ˈsɔːft səʊpt/ |
| -ing form soft-soaping | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈsəʊpɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈsɔːft səʊpɪŋ/ |
- soft-soap somebody
to say nice things to somebody in order to persuade them to do something （为让某人做某事）说好听的，奉承，灌迷魂汤；劝诱