| 词汇 | soft-touch |
| 释义 | soft touch noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˌsɒft ˈtʌtʃ/ us /ˌsɑːft ˈtʌtʃ/ someone who you can easily persuade to do what you want耳朵软的人，易被说服的人 Synonyms mug(STUPID PERSON)UKinformal sucker(FOOLISH PERSON) Compare patsyUSslang foolnoun Naive & trusting be easy game/meatidiom be easy preyidiom be wet behind the earsidiom butter butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthidiom gull idealistic impressionable ingenuous ingenuously open-faced prey pushover see things in black and whiteidiom simple unsophisticated unsophistication unsuspecting unsuspicious wide-eyed soft touch | American Dictionarysoft touch noun[ Cusually sing ] us/ˈsɔft ˈtʌtʃ/ infmlsomeone who is easy to control or get money from: The chief, obviously a soft touch, gave him ten bucks. Examples of soft touchsoft touch The beauty of a rural or any other environment should not mean that its people are a softtouch for hard decisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other countries are less squeamish, but up to now we have been a softtouch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The point has rightly been made that we are a "softtouch ". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those measures will ensure that the social security system will not be seen as a softtouch, as it has been in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Farmers must not be given the idea that environmentally sensitive area schemes are a softtouch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not a fact that we are now becoming a softtouch? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Otherwise, do we not risk sending a further powerful signal to that country that we are a softtouch? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Too often in the past, and not just in textiles and clothing, we have been the softtouch and have lost out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Like it or not, we are seen as a softtouch, allowing people easy access and entry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will sell us the house for a cut of our take, or we might give them a softtouch of our own in exchange. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can we get across the message that we are not a softtouch? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Too often they prove to be a softtouch, working to the principle of "print at all costs". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No regime should be seen as a softtouch or an easy option. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They remain as ever, a gigantic softtouch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been a softtouch for too long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of soft touch These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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