smooth over

英 [smuːð ˈəʊvə(r)]

美 [smuːð ˈoʊvər]

（尤指通过协商）减轻，缓和

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (尤指通过协商)减轻，缓和
  If yousmooth overa problem or difficulty, you make it less serious and easier to deal with, especially by talking to the people concerned.
  1. ...an attempt to smooth over the violent splits that have occurred...
     力求缓和已经发生的暴力冲突的尝试
  2. The Chancellor is trying to smooth things over.
     总理正试图缓和局面。

英英释义

verb

• treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly
  Synonym:gloss overskate overslur overskimp over

双语例句

• Before leaving a bunker, players should carefully fill up and smooth over all holes and footprints made by them and any nearby made by others.
  离开沙坑前，球员应当仔细平整因自己形成和附近由其他球员造成的所有凹坑和脚印。
• BEIJING-China and Australia signed a series of cooperation agreements on Tuesday as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard attempted to boost ties and smooth over recent spats with China.
  北京&中国和澳大利亚周二时签署一系列合作协议，澳大利亚总理吉拉德希望加强联系，消除与中国最近的摩擦。
• It is hoped that the mutual benefits of this trading relationship will become increasingly obvious and that this, in turn, will help smooth over emerging geostrategic rivalries.
  人们希望，这种贸易关系的互惠性将变得日益明显，并进而帮助缓和正在露头的地缘战略对抗。
• It will be difficult for you to smooth over your differences after so many years.
  经过了这麽多年，你想消除你们之间的分歧谈何容易。
• The Chancellor is trying to smooth things over.
  总理正试图缓和局面。
• But the other night an old woman shattered my belief that a glib response could smooth over the rough spots of dealing with other human beings.
  但是，那天晚上，一位老妇人的出现彻底瓦解了的信念：嘴巴乖巧并不意味着就能顺利与人打交道。
• He apparently saw no contradictions between them, no reason to edit one account or the other, and no reason to smooth over the two into a more blended whole.
  他显然没有看到它们之间的矛盾，也看不到理由要对它们加以编辑，也没有理由把这两段加以混合，制造出更协调的整体。
• We expect Eurocrats to rhetorically smooth over the deposit levy and signal that Cyprus is a unique and extreme case given the inner workings of its corrupt banking system.
  我们预计欧盟官员将通过讲话来平息存款税激起的波澜，他们还会传递出这样的信号，那就是，鉴于银行体系内部的腐败行为，塞浦路斯的情况既特殊，又极端。
• The children of the two families are trying to smooth over a lengthy feud.
  这两家的晚辈在试图缓解长久的世仇。
• We could see that he was trying to smooth over his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.
  我们看得出他不是承认错误，而是在企图掩饰自己对这次延误应承担的责任。