"soften the blow" en Chinese (Traditional)
緩解打擊減輕衝擊
Definición
讓困難、糟糕或令人不快的事情看起來不那麼嚴重,更容易接受。
Notas de Uso (Chinese (Traditional))
口語上的表達,經常用於壞消息或讓人失望的情形,不指實際身體的撞擊。常搭配 'soften the blow by...'(透過...緩解打擊)。
Ejemplos
He tried to soften the blow by giving her the news gently.
他試圖用溫和的方式告訴她,以**緩解打擊**。
A small gift can soften the blow of bad news.
一個小禮物可以**緩解打擊**帶來的壞消息。
Her kind words helped to soften the blow.
她的溫柔話語幫助**緩解了打擊**。
I didn’t want to tell him about the layoffs, so I tried to soften the blow first.
我不想告訴他裁員的事,所以我先試著**緩解打擊**。
They offered her another position to soften the blow of losing her current job.
他們提供了另一個職位來**減輕她失去現有工作的打擊**。
Adding humor really helped to soften the blow when we got the bad news.
加點幽默確實**緩解了我們收到壞消息時的打擊**。