soft-soap

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈsoft-soap verb [transitive]  British English informalPERSUADE to say nice things to someone in order to persuade them to do something 用甜言蜜语说服 Don’t think you can soft-soap me! 别以为你能用好话来说服我！ —soft soap noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

ˈsoft-soap verbChineseSyllable  

to to nice someone say things Corpus

soft-soap
ˈsoft-soap verb [transitive]
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]

soft-soapBrE /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊp/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɔːft ˈsoʊp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they soft-soap BrE /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊp/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsɔːft ˈsoʊp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it soft-soaps BrE /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊps/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsɔːft ˈsoʊps/ 🔊past simple soft-soaped BrE /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊpt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsɔːft ˈsoʊpt/ 🔊past participle soft-soaped BrE /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊpt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsɔːft ˈsoʊpt/ 🔊 -ing form soft-soaping BrE /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsɔːft ˈsoʊpɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb (informal) to say nice things to sb in order to persuade them to do sth （为让某人做某事）说好听的，奉承，灌迷魂汤；劝诱▸ soft soap BrE /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊp/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɔːft ˈsoʊp/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]