softening

基本解释

Even just softening food — which cooking does — makes it more digestible.
即使烹调只是软化了食物，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.
这或许是骄傲，但极似谦卑，反正在众人的心目中产生了谦卑品格的全部软化人心的影响。
Believe it or not, it will do you good. The yeasts are good for softening and soothing the skin.
信不信由你，酵母有益于软化和柔顺肌肤，这将对你的健康有好处。

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，弥尔顿变柔和了点，部分原因是他开始关注结婚，事实上,他在这篇论文出版的一个月内结婚了。
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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.
宗教必须带来一种缓和效应，用以针对,早期罗马人的野蛮残忍的性格,但是对于今天的我们来说，马基雅维利写道，宗教不得不为相反的目的服务。
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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.