smooth over

柯林斯詞典

smooth over (smoothing,smoothed,smoother,smooths,smoothest)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you smooth over a problem or difficulty, you make it less serious and easier to deal with, especially by talking to the people concerned. 緩和; 減輕

  ...an attempt to smooth over the violent splits that have occurred. …緩和已經(jīng)發(fā)生的暴力沖突的一次努力。

  The president is trying to smooth things over. 這位縂統(tǒng)正試圖把大事化小。

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