词典释义：
使困难的事情易于处理；使不好的消息易于接受；安抚
Let's try to soften the blow.
让我们尽量缓解这个打击。
Consumption will soften the blow.
本土消费将助一臂之力。
Head-on fight to advance, the courage to soften the blow of fate.
迎头搏击才能前进，勇气减轻了命运的打击。
When he lost his job he was offered a cash payment to soften the blow.
他丢掉工作的时候得到一笔现金作为安慰。
To soften the blow, I have also been thinking about where I didn't go wrong.
为了减轻对自己的打击，我也反思了一下自己哪些地方没出错。
make it easier to cope with a difficult change or upsetting news
使困难的事情易于处理；使不好的消息易于接受，安抚
提供金钱赔偿以示安抚。
I, need to soften the blow to the NRA before we go public.
正式宣布之前，我得安抚一下全国步枪协会那边。
《House of Cards Season 4》《纸牌屋 第四季》
Is this how it works? He nixes the book, you soften the blow?
就这样吗？他毙掉书，你来安抚我？
《House of Cards Season 3》《纸牌屋 第三季》
Well, he was right about some things. I should go speak to him face to face, soften the blow.
他总算说对一点。我应该跟他面谈，减轻对他的打击。
《House of Cards Season 3》《纸牌屋 第三季》
