用作形容词 (adj.)

　　a smooth operator

　　圆滑的人 person acting in the specified way

　　as smooth as silk〔a baby's bottom,velvet〕

　　十分柔软、光滑 very soft and smooth

　　in smooth water(s)

　　进展顺利,一帆风顺 making even and easy progress

　　用作动词 (v.)

　　smooth away (v.+adv.)

　　消除,弄平 make sth go away by flattening it

　　smooth sth ? away

　　I can't smooth these folds away, they keep coming back.

　　我无法消除这些皱纹,它们总是折了回来。

　　The chairman has made efforts to smooth away any difficulties that might prevent our plan from being followed.

　　主席已作出努力,以排除可能阻碍我们计划进行的任何困难。

　　smooth back (v.+adv.)

　　抹平 push sth in a backward direction so that it lies flat

　　smooth sth ? back

　　She smoothed back her hair with a movement of which she was unconscious.

　　她下意识地把头发向后捋了捋。

　　Let me smooth your collar back, it's sticking out again.

　　让我把你的领子捋平,它又翘起来了。

　　smooth down (v.+adv.)

　　(使…)平息 make sb/sth calmer

　　smooth sth ? down

　　He smoothed down his hair.

　　他将头发捋平。

　　She smoothed her dress down over her knees as her father entered the room.

　　她父亲进屋时,她把裙子弄平盖住膝盖。

　　This wood has not been smoothed down well enough.

　　这木头刨得不够光滑。

　　smooth down

　　The sea has smoothed down.

　　大海已风平浪静。

　　smooth sb/sth ? down

　　See if you can smooth the chairman down, he's still very angry about the decision.

　　看你是否能使主席平静下来,他还在为那项决定生气。

　　What can we do to smooth his hurt feelings down?

　　我们能做点什么来安抚他受伤的感情呢?

　　smooth out (v.+adv.)

　　缓和,调解 make sth free of troubleThey need a friend to smooth the matter out between them.他们的事情需要一位朋友在中间进行调解。

　　smooth over (v.+adv.)

　　平息 make calmer

　　smooth sth ? over

　　Perhaps a gift of flowers will help to smooth your quarrel over.

　　也许赠送鲜花可以化解你们的吵架。

　　He smoothed over the differences that had arisen between them.

　　他清除他们之间的分歧。