| 释义 | 
		soft-soapˈsoft-soap verb [transitive]    VERB TABLEsoft-soap |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | soft-soap |   | he, she, it | soft-soaps |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | soft-soaped |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have soft-soaped |   | he, she, it | has soft-soaped |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had soft-soaped |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will soft-soap |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have soft-soaped |  
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 | Present | I | am soft-soaping |   | he, she, it | is soft-soaping |   | you, we, they | are soft-soaping |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was soft-soaping |   | you, we, they | were soft-soaping |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been soft-soaping |   | he, she, it | has been soft-soaping |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been soft-soaping |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be soft-soaping |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been soft-soaping |  
     British English informal to say nice things to someone in order to persuade them to do something:   Don’t think you can soft-soap me!—soft soap noun [uncountable]  |