Soothe
[suːð] or [sʊð]
解释:
(verb.) cause to feel better; 'the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation'.
录入:默多克--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) To assent to as true.
(a.) To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
(a.) To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.
贝蒂整理
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Assuage, calm, quiet, appease, tranquillize, compose, pacify, sober, still, lull.[2]. Moderate, alleviate, palliate, lessen, allay, mollify, repress, check, temper, soften, attemper, deaden, qualify, relieve, ease, dull, blunt.
赫尔曼手打
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Soften, assuage, allay, compose, mollify, tranquillize, pacify, lull, mitigate,flatter, appease, relieve
ANT:Rouse, excite, irritate, ruffle, exasperate, exacerbate, agitate, infuriate,aggravate, annoy, dissatisfy
校对:洛丽
解释:
v.t. to please with soft words: to flatter: to soften allay.—ns. Sooth′er one who or that which soothes: (Shak.) one who gains by blandishments a flatterer; Sooth′ing (Shak.) flattery (also adj.).—adv. Sooth′ingly.
卡尔文校对
例句:
- I saw Steerforth soothe and please you by his praise of her! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- I, at least, was taken up with endeavouring to soothe Fifine; whose cries (for she had good lungs) were appalling to hear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Was it right, even to soothe his grief--would it be possible, even if she promised--to work as in a treadmill fruitlessly? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I was not fond of pampering that susceptible vanity of his; but for once, and from motives of expediency, I would e'en soothe and stimulate it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I wish to soothe him; yet can I counsel one so infinitely miserable, so destitute of every hope of consolation, to live? 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- As for the main subject of the letter, there was nothing in that to soothe irritation. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- To be so caught did not contribute to soothe him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It was under his hand, and I soothed him to let me move his hand away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Bessy shut her eyes, and allowed herself to be soothed. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- The quiet in the house, and the low murmuring hum of summer insects outside the open window, soothed me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- As I watched her face and soothed her to go on, I saw that Mr. Bucket received this with a look which I could not separate from one of alarm. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- She was soothed without knowing how or why. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Once my fancy was soothed with dreams of virtue, of fame, and of enjoyment. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- With that she soothed herself and amused her friend. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- The same energy turns the electric fan, and with kindly service soothes the weary sufferer, and at another place remorselessly takes the life of the condemned criminal. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- I always like that to be done; it soothes one's mind to see the place in order. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It soothes them. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Imagination,' said the gentleman, soothing her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Some times, when her uncle's easy way of taking things did not happen to be exasperating, it was rather soothing. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- You make one bite your head off, when one wants to be soothing beyond everything. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Its grandeur-- its treasure of paintings, its magnificent halls were objects soothing and even exhilarating. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- My brother was one of the founders, and I have myself found it a very soothing atmosphere. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- To Archer's strained nerves the vision was as soothing as the sight of the blue sky and the lazy river. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- The British Ministry of Reconstruction and its foreign equivalents were exposed as a soothing sham. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
录入:希莉娅