sop
n. 用以慰藉或討好某人的事物; 泡溼的麵包片等
You describe something as a sop to a person when they are offered something small or unimportant in order to prevent them from getting angry or causing trouble.
This is an obvious sop to the large Irish-American audience...
這明顯是討好廣大愛爾蘭裔美國觀眾的一種手段。
The government parties may be tempted to throw a few sops to the right-wingers.
執政黨也許想對右翼人士施以小恩小惠。
1. piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
2. a concession given to mollify or placate;
1. give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
2. be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
3. dip into liquid;
4. mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface;
5. become thoroughly soaked or saturated with liquid
6. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto;
I used a mop to sop up the spilled water.
我用拖把把潑出的水擦乾.
Keeping the Open University was a sop to the educational establishment.
維持公開大學是對教育機構的一種利誘.
He gave the foreman a carton of cigarettes as a sop.
他給工頭一條香菸以表心意.
Sop the bread in the beaten eggs.
把麵包浸在打過的蛋裡.
The playground was a mere sop.
操場很溼.