sop

1. N-COUNT You describe something as a sop to a person when they are offered something small or unimportant in order to prevent them from getting angry or causing trouble. 小賄賂[oft N 'to' n] [表不滿]

This is an obvious sop to the large Irish-American audience. 這明顯是討好眾多愛爾蘭裔美國民眾的一個(gè)小小舉措。