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美:['sɔft'hɑtɪd]
英:['sɔ:ft'hɑ:tɪd]
美:['sɔft'hɑtɪd]
Adjective
1. easily moved to pity or sorrow;
"a softhearted judge"
The first known use of softhearted was circa 1586
somersault1 of 2noun
a leap or roll in which a person turns heels over head
somersault2 of 2verb
to perform a somersault
solicitornoun
one that solicits
a British lawyer
the chief law officer of a city, town, county, or government division
solace1 of 2noun
comfort in times of grief or worry
something that gives comfort
solace2 of 2verb
to give solace to : console
to make cheerful
soggyadjective
heavy with water or moisture : soaked, sodden
soft1 of 2adjective
having a pleasing, comfortable, or soothing effect : gentle, mild
soft breezes
not bright or glaring
soft lighting
pleasing to the ear : quiet in pitch or volume
soft voices
smooth or delicate in appearance or feel
a soft silk
demanding little effort : easy
a soft job
sounding as in ace and gem—used of c and g
gently or gradually curved or rounded : not harsh or jagged
soft hills
having a mild gentle disposition : docile
showing sympathetic understanding
took a soft stand toward the rebels
lacking in strength : feeble
soft from easy living
mentally weak
yielding to physical pressure soft metals such as lead
a soft mattress
not as hard as others of its kind
free from substances (as calcium and magnesium salts) that prevent lathering of soap
soft water
occurring at such a speed and in such a way that a destructive crash is avoided
a soft landing on the moon
soft2 of 2adverb
in a soft manner
softheartedadjective
merciful, sympathetic
1 Even his thing for steely but softhearted blondes appears unchanged.
2 Meg Tilly, in her first starring screen role since the mid-1990s, brings some of her trademark vulnerability to the role of the stern but softhearted shift boss.
3 We began to hear the phrase “bleeding heart liberal” to describe someone excessively softhearted.
4 She's too softhearted to fire anyone.
5 This softhearted movie invests Mike with some pathos when one character accurately calls him a loser and Eric’s pet.
6 The killer was her softhearted colleague and former lover, Bernard, who was unmasked as a robotic cup-bearer built by Ford.
7 Others have advised her husband to beat her to instill discipline, offering to do the job themselves if he was too softhearted.
8 “Indeed, we are all softhearted when we see your innocent expression, but that does not mean that we want to become playthings whom you can deceive!” she wrote in a post on Weibo.
9 But he alternates too between the perspectives of Anthony’s abusive, somewhat softhearted father and his devoted mother, whose life has been distinguished — and one might say disfigured — by her youthful sexual allure.
10 What made the episode especially surprising was that Koolhaas, hardly known for a sentimental or softhearted streak, agreed to speak to The New York Times for an article announcing the split.
11 In the show, the softhearted foreman with a gruff exterior helps lead the workers to finish their ship.
12 The sight of an animal in tears always makes me feel queer and softhearted.
一看到动物哭哭啼啼,我就于心不忍,心慈手软起来.
13 This musical, a production of Page 73, Playwrights Horizons and Woolly Mammoth Theater Company, forgoes the commercial niceties and digestible narratives of many Broadway shows, delivering a story that’s searing and softhearted, uproarious and disquieting.
14 These initiatives are not motivated by softhearted political correctness but by hard-headed economic logic.
15 “Well, I’m out, too. If you softhearted cupcakes are going to stroll through Venice without even whacking those furry animals on the head, forget it. I don’t like boring expeditions.”
16 All his life, he resisted pressure from the softhearted public to bring his characters together.
17 Poetic and profane, softhearted and unforgiving, Mr. Breslin inspired every emotion but indifference; letters from outraged readers gladdened his heart.
18 He was an intellectual, a clown, a poet, a hell-raiser, a cynic, a believer, a softhearted Slav, an angel, a person who drank too much.
19 I could not believe how gentle and softhearted he could be.
20 The sugarcoated first installment of the “Despicable Me” franchise about a softhearted villain voiced by Steve Carell might delight the youngest family members.
1 不严厉的
2 温和的
kind soft sweet smooth moderate mild gentle peaceful bland temperate meek placid suave balmy genial clement equable sarsenet
3 宽大为怀
5 仁慈
good kind decent gentle tender gracious forgiving philanthropic merciful benevolent lenient beneficent good-hearted clement soft-hearted kindhearted benignant benefic largehearted graciously mercifully benevolently leniently quarter grace mercy goodness clemency leniency loving-kindness benignity soft-heartedness benignancy have a heart of gold humane benign kind-hearted loving charity