| 单词 | soft line |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoft line soft line n. and adj. [after hard line n. and adj.] (a) n. a flexible or conciliatory policy, belief, stance, etc. (b) adj. (with hyphen) adhering to or supporting a flexible or conciliatory policy, belief, stance, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] > policy soft line1948 1948 B. Gitlow Whole of their Lives x. 323 The communists were not fooled by the New Deal's soft line towards the communists. 1966 Sunday Times 5 June 4 Canada, Norway, Denmark and Italy prefer a ‘soft’ line and want to leave the Council where it is to minimise the rupture with France. 1975 New Left Rev. Nov. 70 The ambassador..may have been part of the soft-line American faction. 1989 A. Dirlik & M. J. Meisner Marxism & Chinese Experience i. 21 Is [Orville] Schell then a ‘soft-line’ Communist? 2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Dec. a10/4 Business groups accuse the left-leaning government of President Hugo Chávez of worsening the problem by taking a soft line toward Colombia's rebels. < as lemmas |
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