【soften音标】 英[ˈsɒfn] 美[ˈsɔːfn]
【单词释义】 soften是什么意思：
v.（使）变软，软化；(使)柔和，和缓；（使）温和；(使)态度缓和；减轻；
[单词分级] 英语六级/考研词汇
[单词现在分词] softening
[单词过去式] softened
[单词过去分词] softened
【关联词/派生词】
soft adj.软的，柔软的，柔和的 n.柔软之物
softly adv.柔软地；温和地；柔和地；轻声地
software n.[U]软件
softness n.柔和；温柔；柔软
softwood n.软木材
【单词例句】
◇ Everyone was horrified, and the twelfth wise woman, who had not yet offered her wish, stepped forward. Because she was unable to undo the wicked wish, but only to soften it, she said, "It shall not be her death. The princess will only fall into a hundred-year deep sleep."
所有在场的人都大惊失色。第十二个女巫师走上前去，她还没有献上她的礼物。因为她无法去除这个邪恶的咒语，只能减轻它，她说：“（这个凶险的咒语的确会应验，但公主能够化险为夷）她不会死去，而只是昏睡过去，而且一睡就是一百年。”
---- Little Brier-Rose