词汇 | sugar-the-pill |
释义 | sugar the pillidiomUK(USsweeten the pill) to make something bad seem less unpleasant: 使不愉快的事变得较易接受 Plans to improve public services are a way of sugaring the pill of increased taxation.改进公益服务的诸项计划是缓和人们对增税的不满情绪的一种方式。 Making things better add salt to somethingidiom allay alleviate alleviation ameliorate cultivate levelling up liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom remedial repolish restructure revamp revitalize revivify salve sharpen tonic |
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