soothing
soothing 英 ['suːðɪŋ] 美 ['sʊðɪŋ]
adj. 抚慰的；使人宽心的 v. 安慰；减轻痛苦（soothe的现在分词）
- Something soothing is comforting; it helps calm fears, anxiety, or pain. Cool aloe vera lotion is very soothing on a really bad sunburn, while pacifiers are soothing to screaming babies.
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- adj. 抚慰的；使人宽心的
- v. 安慰；减轻痛苦（soothe的现在分词）
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1. No one else leant over her, and whispered soothing words to her, or was near enough to hear the flutter of her beating heart.
没有其他任何人向她弯下身去，低声地对她说些安慰的话，或跟她挨得很近，可以听到她颤动的心房正在怦怦地跳动。
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2. You can negotiate with it, ask it questions, draw it, erase it, surround it with a soothing or neutralizing color, and so on.
你可以同它协商，问它问题，画出它来，擦掉它，用一种镇静的或者中和性的颜色等等来圈住它。
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3. He offered soothing words about the value of the French model in the recession and its ability to protect the most vulnerable from poverty.
对于衰退中法兰西模式的价值，以及保护绝大多数易受伤害的贫困人口的能力，他给予了安慰。
- soothing (adj.) 1590s, "flattering," from present participle of soothe. Sense of "mollifying" is from 1746. Related: Soothingly.
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