soften up

英 [ˈsɒfn ʌp]

美 [ˈsɔːfn ʌp]

（求助于人之前）讨好，安抚

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (求助于人之前)讨好，安抚
  If yousoftensomeoneup, you put them into a good mood before asking them to do something.
  1. If they'd treated you well it was just to soften you up.
     他们要是对你好，也不过是为了讨好你罢了。

双语例句

• The answer-I need to soften myself up ( for half an hour or so) before going to bed.
  答案是，在上床睡觉之前，我会花点时间，大约半小时，来放松自己。
• His face seems to soften up a little.
  他脸色看上去温和点了。
• Okay, I was trying to soften you up.
  好了，我那是在软化你。
• Belgrade did suffer through several days of artillery attacks and three days of aerial bombardment, which served to soften up the Yugoslav capital.
  贝尔格莱德遭受了连续几天的地面炮火和三天的空中轰炸，严重削弱了城防。
• When I think you sat in a wheelchair to soften me up.
  你居然坐轮椅，跟我装可怜。
• His strategy was to soften them up with compliments.
  他的策略是用恭维话来打动他们。
• This cream will soften up your skin.
  这种面霜会使你皮肤柔软。
• If they'd treated you well it was just to soften you up.
  他们要是对你好，也不过是为了讨好你罢了。
• Relax, soften up internally and physically, and let it go.
  歇会儿，让心灵和身体放松，然后放手。
• Soften up a prospective buyer with soft-sell tactics
  用诱劝等软推销手法软化未来的买主