阅读量:
sugar the pill
使不愉快的事变得较易接受
释义:
to make something bad seem less unpleasant 使不愉快的事变得较易接受,也可以说成 sugar the medicine 或 sweeten the pill
例句:
Plans to improve public services are a way of sugaring the pill of increased taxation.
The government stopped wage increases but sugared the pill by reducing taxes.