• 基础释义
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  • 柯林斯词典释义
  • 英汉词典释义
  • 英英词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-COUNT
    (为息事宁人而给的)小恩小惠
    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.
    例句
    This is an obvious sop to the large Irish-American audience... 这明显是讨好广大爱尔兰裔美国观众的一种手段。 The government parties may be tempted to throw a few sops to the right-wingers. 执政党也许想对右翼人士施以小恩小惠。
英汉词典释义
  • n.
    泡湿的面包片等
    a sop in the pan 一片油煎面包
  • vt.
    将(面包等)在液体中蘸或浸泡
    be sopped through the skin 浑身湿透
    用海绵、布等吸起(液体等)
    sop up the water with a towel 用毛巾吸水
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
    2. a concession given to mollify or placate;
    "the offer was a sop to my feelings"
  • Verb
    1. give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
    2. be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
    3. dip into liquid;
    "sop bread into the sauce"
    4. mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface;
    "swab the floors"
    5. become thoroughly soaked or saturated with liquid
    6. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto;
    "souse water on his hot face"