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单词 soft touch
释义
soft touch
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˌsɒft ˈtʌtʃ/us
/ˌsɑːft ˈtʌtʃ/
someone who you caneasilypersuadeto do what youwant
耳朵软的人，易被说服的人
Synonyms
mug(STUPID PERSON)UKinformal
sucker(FOOLISH PERSON)
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patsyUSslang
foolnoun
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Naive & trusting
  • an easy touchidiom
  • be easy game/meatidiom
  • be easy preyidiom
  • be wet behind the earsidiom
  • butter
  • butter wouldn't melt insomeone'smouthidiom
  • gull
  • idealistic
  • impressionable
  • ingenuous
  • naively
  • naivety
  • prey
  • pushover
  • see things in black and whiteidiom
  • sucker
  • unsophisticated
  • unsuspecting
  • wet
  • wide-eyed
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(Definition ofsoft touchfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

soft touch| American Dictionary

soft touch
noun[Cusually sing]
us/ˈsɔft ˈtʌtʃ/
infmlsomeone who iseasytocontrolor getmoneyfrom:
Thechief,obviouslya soft touch, gave him tenbucks.
(Definition ofsoft touchfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsoft touch

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The beauty of a rural or any other environment should not mean that its people are asofttouchfor hard decisions.
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Other countries are less squeamish, but up to now we have been asofttouch.
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The point has rightly been made that we are a "softtouch".
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Those measures will ensure that the social security system will not be seen as asofttouch, as it has been in the past.
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Farmers must not be given the idea that environmentally sensitive area schemes are asofttouch.
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Is it not a fact that we are now becoming asofttouch?
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Otherwise, do we not risk sending a further powerful signal to that country that we are asofttouch?
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Too often in the past, and not just in textiles and clothing, we have been thesofttouchand have lost out.
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Like it or not, we are seen as asofttouch, allowing people easy access and entry.
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They will sell us the house for a cut of our take, or we might give them asofttouchof our own in exchange.
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Can we get across the message that we are not asofttouch?
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Too often they prove to be asofttouch, working to the principle of "print at all costs".
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No regime should be seen as asofttouchor an easy option.
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They remain as ever, a giganticsofttouch.
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We have been asofttouchfor too long.
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