soften是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

v. 软化；减轻；削弱；（使）柔和

网络 柔化；变软；使…软化

变形：

第三人称单数：softens  现在分词：softening  过去式：softened  

完整释义：

v.

1.软下来,软化,变得温和,变得柔和,缓和下来,变得温柔
2.使软化,弄软
3.削弱,磨(去);软弱;攀附
4.变软;变温和,变柔和;变弱,变柔弱
5.减轻,减弱(抵抗或反对)
6.平静,平息;减轻,使轻松
7.使(心)变温和;使柔弱;使不闪闪发光;使柔和;使婉转
8.变静,变安稳,融和
9.舒展;降低调门
10.不刻板

例句：

1. A young boy faces the impossible task of trying to soften the blow of tragic news.
   一个小男孩面临着一次无法完成的任务：试图减轻噩耗带来的打击。

2. One might have hoped he would soften after almost a decade in office, but he has not.
   他上台执政已近十年，人们希望他的专制态度或许能被软化，但结果却是完全失望。

3. For the most part anything we say on-line is going to be harsher than said in a conversation where a tone can soften a negative comment.
   通常，我们在网上所说的一切都将会比可以用语调柔化消极评价的谈话更残酷无情。

4. But she had an extra quality that frustrated her critics during her lifetime and has done little to soften their disdain since her death.
   但她平生一样品质令批评家倍感困惑，即便死后对她的蔑视也没减轻多少。

5. But only a few weeks ago, Rabbani voiced his frustration to the Afghan media that the Taliban would never soften their position.
   但仅在几个星期前，拉巴尼表示他无奈向阿富汗媒体说，塔利班绝不会软化他们的立场。

6. First they would "soften up" an island, weakening the resistance by shelling the enemy strongholds with bombs from offshore ships.
   首先他们会“软化”该岛，以离岸船舰发射炮弹摧毁敌人的防线，削弱他们的守卫。

7. I found that if I breathed on them, gently, through a straw, I could soften them, even make them weep.
   我还发现，只要对他们吹口气，通过软管轻轻地吹口气，就能软化他们，甚至让他们落泪。

8. Use a Brush Tool to add a bit of a highlight on the bevel. Use the Blur Tool to soften the highlight.
   用画笔工具在斜面上添加一小块高光。使用模糊工具来软化亮点。