柯林斯詞典smooth over (smoothing,smoothed,smoother,smooths,smoothest) 1. PHRASAL VERB If you smooth over a problem or difficulty, you make it less serious and easier to deal with, especially by talking to the people concerned. 緩和; 減輕 ...an attempt to smooth over the violent splits that have occurred. …緩和已經(jīng)發(fā)生的暴力沖突的一次努力。 The president is trying to smooth things over. 這位縂統(tǒng)正試圖把大事化小。 返回 smooth over