softening

基本解釋

Even just softening food — which cooking does — makes it more digestible.
即使烹調(diào)衹是軟化了食物，也能使之更易消化。
This might be pride, but was so like humility, that it produced all the softening influence of the latter quality on the public mind.
這或許是驕傲，但極似謙卑，反正在衆(zhòng)人的心目中産生了謙卑品格的全部軟化人心的影響。
Believe it or not, it will do you good. The yeasts are good for softening and soothing the skin.
信不信由你，酵母有益於軟化和柔順肌膚，這將對你的健康有好処。

He says Mister Clinton's visit could be seen as the United States softening its policy on North Korea.
So in 1642, you see Milton softening a bit, in part because he's interested in getting married himself and, in fact he's married within a month of the actual publication of this treatise.
所以在1642年，彌爾頓變?nèi)岷土它c，部分原因是他開始關(guān)注結(jié)婚，事實上,他在這篇論文出版的一個月內(nèi)結(jié)婚了。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
Religion had to bring a softening effect upon against the violent and bestial character of the early Romans. But for us today, Machiavelli writes, religion has to serve the opposite purpose.
宗教必須帶來一種緩和傚應(yīng)，用以針對,早期羅馬人的野蠻殘忍的性格,但是對於今天的我們來說，馬基雅維利寫道，宗教不得不爲(wèi)相反的目的服務(wù)。
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

Worse, this softening was not geographic, as Intel's had been in Europe, but everywhere.
FORBES: Apple R.I.P.

If you soften something or if it softens, it becomes less hard, stiff, or firm.
If one thing softens the damaging effect of another thing, it makes the effect less severe.
If you soften your position, if your position softens, or if you soften, you become more sympathetic and less hostile or critical.
If your voice or expression softens or if you soften it, it becomes much more gentle and friendly.
If you soften something such as light, a colour, or a sound, you make it less bright or harsh.
Something that softens your skin makes it very smooth and pleasant to touch.