soften
美 [ˈsɔf(ə)n]
英 [ˈsɒf(ə)n] 
- v.软化;减轻;削弱;(使)柔和
- 网络柔化;变软;使…软化
词形变化
第三人称单数:softens 现在分词:softening 过去式:softened 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | [i][t] (使)变软,软化to become, or to make sth softer |
| Fry the onions until they soften. 把洋葱炒软。 |
| a lotion to soften the skin 润肤露 |
| Linseed oil will soften stiff leather. 亚麻籽油可软化僵硬的皮革。 |
2. | [i][t] ~ (sth) (使)柔和,和缓to become or to make sth less bright, rough or strong |
| Trees soften the outline of the house. 树木使房子的轮廓显得柔和。 |
3. | [i][t] (使)态度缓和,变温和,变宽厚to become or to make sb/sth more sympathetic and less severe or critical |
| She felt herself softening towards him. 她感觉自己对他逐渐温和起来。 |
| His face softened as he looked at his son. 他看着儿子,紧绷的面孔松弛下来。 |
| She softened her tone a little. 她稍稍缓和了一下语气。 |
4. | [t] ~ sth 减轻;减缓;削弱to reduce the force or the unpleasant effects of sth |
| Airbags are designed to soften the impact of a car crash. 气囊用来减轻汽车碰撞的冲击力。 |
英汉解释
v. | 3. 使(心)变温和;使柔弱;使不闪闪发光;使柔和;使婉转 |
英英解释
例句
The company was trying to soften and butter me up to get me to sign the contract.
公司试图软化我的立场并诱使我在这份合同上签字。
Mr Purves says that America accounts for about 40% of Rolls-Royce sales, and California was one of the first markets to soften.
MrPurves称美国占到罗尔斯-罗伊斯销量的大约40%,而加州却成为一级市场中销量疲软的一个。
He inclined his head and toasted her. Her expression did not soften.
他偏偏脑袋,举杯向她致意。她的表情没有丝毫缓和。
Will American support for the death penalty soften as a result of any of this?
美国人对死刑的支持热情会因些降温吗?
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。
Be honest and truthful with your employees at all times; don't sugarcoat the truth in an attempt to soften the blow of difficult news.
l对雇员要一直诚实、真诚;不要为了缓和噩耗的打击而粉饰真实情况。
Your face still lightens up the shy in the night, your voice still rhymes the rainfall, and your hair still soften the wind.
你的脸仍然点亮夜空,你的声音仍然使落雨充满韵律,你的头发仍然让风变得轻柔。
For the middle omni light use the same settings as above for both Contrast and Soften Diff. Edge but make it a pure white.
对于中间的泛光灯,使用和上面一样的对比度和柔和漫射边缘,但是颜色是纯白。
All the while, soften her up by telling her how much you admire her dedication or analytical prowess.
并且你可以通过一直告诉她你有多佩服她的付出和分析能力来让她软化。
She then explains in a few short sentences, and I see the men's faces soften, smile and respectfully and kindly chat with her.
经过她简短的解释,我看见那些男人脸色缓和下来,微笑着,尊重而和善地与她聊天。
If feel stressed, tense and tight, then it may take a week or so until your body starts to respond and soften up.
如果感到神经紧张,压力巨大,那么就花点时间,像是一个星期,直至你的全身上下都开始舒展和放松。
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。
These may have been driven more by the need to soften the Tories' image than by his own sentiments.
而现在卡梅伦发表政见更多是出于软化托利党形象而不是表达他自身真切的想法。
Left to its own devices, China's growth would soften to just above 8%, down from 10% or more in recent years but still able to create jobs.
中国的经济增长将放缓至稍高于8%的水平,低于近年来10%或更高的增速,但仍有创造就业的能力。
Even if the character is just turning their head, you will probably want a few frames to soften up the start or end of the motion.
即便角色只是旋转了一下头部,你也可能需要在动作的起始和结束的地方加一些帧使之更平滑些。
Also can be used as a general body oil, a nourishing hair and scalp massage or to soften and rejuvenate dry skin.
也可用于一般的身体油,滋养头发和头皮按摩,或软化和振兴皮肤干燥。
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。
Be sure to soften the front-leg hip toward the earth and away from the same-side shoulder while you continue squeezing the outer thighs.
确保缩短前侧腿髋部向地面的距离并远离同侧肩膀,同时继续把大腿外侧向内压。
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。
From there, work your way up to the lower back. Allow the lower back to soften with the exhalations and expand with the inhalations.
然后,按照你的方式向上到下背部。呼气时软化,吸气时扩张。
Even the compliment did not soften the asperity of the maimed beauty.
就连这句奉承话,也没有使这个残废的美人儿稍微平和一点儿,不那么刻薄。
Steger, seeing there was no chance to soften the judge's mind by any subtlety of argument, returned to Cowperwood.
斯蒂格发现已没有机会利用微妙的诡辩来软化推事的主张了,就回到考帕伍德身边去。
The best role for government may be to soften the negative side effects rather than to prevent these changes.
政府最好的工作是削弱不良副作用而不是阻止这种变革。
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。
You are obligated to seek him and ask him to soften your heart, open your eyes, and enlighten you.
你有义务要寻求祂,并且求祂软化你的心、开启你的眼睛、并且光照你。
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。
In a sign Russia would not soften its assertive energy policy, state-controlled Gazprom cut supplies to Ukraine by a quarter on Monday.
国有的俄罗斯天然气公司(Gazprom)周一切断了对乌克兰一个季度的供应,这显示俄罗斯不会软化强硬的能源政策。
Then, as blazing sunshine alternated with drenching rains, the harsh, barren surfaces of the black rocks slowly began to soften.
然后,通过太阳的熏烤和湿润雨水的交替的互相影响使那黑色的岩石表面开始逐渐变的柔软。
Use a spoon to poke into the ice cream. If it's too hard, leave the yogurt at room temperature for about 15 minutes for it to soften first.
用一把勺子戳一下冰激凌,假如太硬了,把酸奶在室温下放置15分钟让它先变软。
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。
It was all designed to soften her image, to give her the appeal of a cosy housewife.
目的是把她塑造成一个温柔、体贴和贤慧的主妇。
It has to hand over part of its profits to help soften the impact of the global economic crisis on others.
它必须交出部分利润,以帮助缓和全球经济危机对其它公司的影响。
Manufacturing prices continued to soften though, while employment picked up.
尽管制造业价格继续走软,但就业已经回升。
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。
She needed to soften her request to make it AS polite and courteous AS she could.
她需要使请求语气柔婉,以便尽可能把它变成有礼貌与客气。
If the light cut agent retained in the surface too long, will soften and wrinkle the old coating.
如果削光剂在表面留存的时间过长,将使旧涂层软化和起皱。
Some analysts were relieved that the inflation numbers did not soften further.
部分分析师对通胀数据未进一步走软感到释然。
Around three years ago its fierce resistance to the notion of any limit on its greenhouse-gas emissions started to soften.
大约三年前,中国开始淡化强烈抵制任何限制排放温室气体的观念。
I developed a method which could soften the intersection edges, works well in most scenes, but a little bit hard to set up.
针对这个问题,我研究了一种可以让边缘柔化的方法,对于大多数的场景都会适用。不过设置起来稍微有点麻烦。
A bigger fund (and the social pact) should soften worries about Spanish sovereign debt, at least for the time being.
更大数额的资金(和社会法案)将会缓和外界对西班牙政府债务的各种忧虑,至少会延缓这个时间。
Though March's housing starts were revised up substantially, it was not enough to soften the blow from last month's drop.
虽然3月房屋开工大幅上修,却不足以缓解4月大跌的打击。
We need a force large enough to disable all defenses with heavy shore bombardment and soften the defenders by bombing from the air.
我们需要足够的军力,通过来自海岸线的集中炮轰翦除其防御能力,并使用空中轰炸来软化抵抗者的意志。
We do understand how to move earth when the need arises, whether it's to add interest to a flat site or to soften a steep one.
我们很明白怎么来调运土方,不管是给一块平坦的场地增加起伏还是平缓一块起伏很大的场地。