Sugar the pill 把痛苦的事弄成易于接受的

2023-09-04 18:45:11  每日學(xué)英語
sugar the pill 字面意思是給苦藥裹上糖,后引申為“使不愉快的事變得較易接受”,給人一點(diǎn)甜頭安慰一下,以便使人更容易接受。

【例句】
They suggest that the road tax be abolished to sugar the pill.
他們建議用取消道路稅使得人們更易接受。

Whenever he wants to borrow money from me, he will try tosugar the pillby saying that he will return the money very soon.
每次他來向我借錢,總是花言巧語,說很快就會(huì)把錢還我。

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