心肠软的

Her lodger was very much more willing to talk on this subject with his soft-hearted landlady.

她的房客倒是非常乐意跟这位软心肠的房东谈这个题目。

Then he appears to have had the surname of Pertinax not so much at his own wish as on account of his parsimonious characeer.

他的心肠并未因为这个充满善意的问题而变软——还是命令将这个人处死。

My friend Peter is a pushover for anybody in trouble.

他说：我的朋友Peter对受苦的人心肠很软。

He might think my brain was softening or something of the kind.

他也许会觉得我婆婆妈妈的，已经成了个软心肠的人了。

Eastwood may have an on-screen reputation for gun-toting but he describes himself as an old softie.

伊斯特伍德的银幕形象可能是位持枪硬汉，可是他把自己形容成为一个软心肠的人。

It sometimes happened that kind-hearted women turned back to bestow a sou on him.

有时，他会遇见一些软心肠的妇人转过身来给他一个苏。

When a certain man from the enemy had surrendered to him as a suppliant and had asked, what would Severus have done in his place, he was not softened by the good sense of such a question, and ordered the man to be put to death.

他的心肠并未因为这个充满善意的问题而变软——还是命令将这个人处死。

She was a tenderhearted creature, who sympathized with everyone.

她是一个软心肠的人，对任何人都同情。

Eleanor was easy on her sons, but he was so tenderhearted with them that he wouldn't discipline them at all.

埃莉诺对自己的儿子管教不严，而他对他们又心肠很软，一点也不愿处罚他们。

That bleeding-hearted toff, and others like him, soon made way for steelier characters such as Norman Tebbit.

这位软心肠的绅士以及其他类似的人，很快就给诺曼·泰比特[注1]等强硬派腾出了位置。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。