单词	sop
释义	sop1 nounsop2 verb sopsop1 /sɒp $ sɑːp/ noun [countable usually singular] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsop1 Origin: 1600-1700 sop ‘bread dipped into liquid’ (11-21 centuries), from Old English sopp Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A dangerous game, a sop to his conscience, he told himself, and he had his enemies. Before the election, they often gave the impression that they saw it only as a sop for disaffected left-wing intellectuals. It was a contemptuous sop of a clue, something they thought they could afford, but it might be useful. Some critics question its sustainability and others view it as a sop to pacify the poor. The most substantive problem, which advocates try to hide, is that the flat tax is a sop to the rich. This latest move is seen mainly as a sop to the increasingly militant, student-led protests demanding an immediate trial. Yet, underneath all that show of sop and decency was a man utterly fixed on himself, on his own concerns. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► soaking/sopping/wringing wet (=very wet)· His suit was soaking wet. something not very important or valuable that a government or someone in authority offers to people to stop them from complaining or protesting – used to show disapprovalsop to The company agreed to inspect the river regularly, as a sop to the environmental lobby. sop1 nounsop2 verb sopsop2 verb (past tense and past participle sopped, present participle sopping) Word Origin WORD ORIGINsop2 Origin: 1800-1900 sop ‘to dip into liquid’ (11-20 centuries), from Old English soppian, from sopp; ➔ SOP1 Verb Table VERB TABLE sop Simple Form Present I, you, we, they sop he, she, it sops Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they sopped Present perfect I, you, we, they have sopped he, she, it has sopped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had sopped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will sop Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have sopped Continuous Form Present I am sopping he, she, it is sopping you, we, they are sopping Past I, he, she, it was sopping you, we, they were sopping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been sopping he, she, it has been sopping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been sopping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be sopping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been sopping Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Beneath his glass lay a sheet of paper, sopping up wine. I sat peacefully at the Lopezes' kitchen table as they fed Janir some applesauce and bread sopped in milk. Off we went to a rickety bar in Sabinal Mextown and spent an hour sopping up the brew. She wanted to sop up whatever it was that drove Carrie away. The amendment passed, and the Gallos sopped up millions. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► soaking/sopping/wringing wet (=very wet)· His suit was soaking wet. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► up · Beneath his glass lay a sheet of paper, sopping up wine.· She wanted to sop up whatever it was that drove Carrie away.· The amendment passed, and the Gallos sopped up millions.· Off we went to a rickety bar in Sabinal Mextown and spent an hour sopping up the brew. sop something ↔ up phrasal verb to remove liquid from a surface by using a piece of cloth that takes the liquid into itself
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