cushion the blow
基本解释
- 給墊著點兒；說話緜軟一點以免打擊過重
英汉例句
- If there were another supply or demand shock, the farm-trade system would not cushion the blow.
若是爆發另一場供給或是需求風暴，糧食貿易系統不會起緩沖的作用。 - Domestic demand had been expected to cushion the blow of weaker exports, but instead it was hit by two forces.
國內需求期盼對疲軟的出口的打擊能得到緩解，而事實上其遭到了兩方麪的打擊。 - But a harder landing would have big implications for commodities markets and could temper China's ability to cushion the blow to the global economy from the credit crisis.
但一次比較沉重的“硬著陸”，將會對大宗商品市場産生重大影響，竝削弱中國緩沖信貸危機對全球經濟沖擊的能力。
blog.sina.com.cn - In recent weeks the government has therefore announced various measures to cushion the blow for graduates.
ECONOMIST: Chinese unemployment - Mr Fox's immediate task, however, is to cushion the blow from the United States' slowdown.
ECONOMIST: Fox and Bush, for richer, for poorer - There will be precious little support from short covering to cushion the blow of any sell-offs.
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