Eric's party's policy has
softened a lot in recent years.
埃里克所在的政党近些年的政策已经变得温和多了。
Tom blames the softening economy.
汤姆把这归咎于疲软的经济。
Lisa began to soften.
丽萨开始心软了
She tried to soften the blow by telling him gently.
她试图通过温柔地告诉他来减轻打击。
Adding a bit of honey can soften the taste of the medicine.
加一点蜂蜜可以缓解药物的味道。
He spoke in a soft voice to soften the harshness of his words.
他用柔和的声音说话，以减轻话语的刺耳。
A good soak will soften the fabric, making it easier to iron.
充分浸泡会使布料变软，更容易熨烫。
The decorator used pastel colors to soften the room's stark appearance.
装饰师使用淡色调来柔化房间生硬的外观。
A smile
softened her severe expression.
一个微笑缓和了她严厉的表情。
The lotion is designed to soften and moisturize dry skin.
这款乳液旨在软化并滋润干燥的皮肤。
A period of economic growth
softened the impact of earlier austerity measures.
一段时间的经济增长缓解了早先紧缩措施的影响。
He attempted to soften the criticism with a compliment.
他试图用赞美来缓和批评。
Boiling the potatoes for a few minutes will soften them before roasting.
将土豆煮几分钟再烤会使其变软。
Commenting on the ability of Chinese brands to deal effectively with the many challenges faced by global businesses, Doreen Wang, Kantar Greater China CEO and Global Chair of Kantar BrandZ said, "In difficult economic times, having a strong brand does not make a business fully immune to changes of fortune, but it can help soften the blow.
在评论中国品牌有效应对全球企业面临的诸多挑战的能力时，凯度大中华区首席执行官兼凯度BrandZ全球主席Doreen Wang表示：“在经济困难时期，拥有强大的品牌并不能使企业完全免受命运变化的影响，但它有助于减轻打击。
Faced with mounting pressure, the company softened its stance, issuing a series of late-night statements.
面对日益增大的压力，该公司在深夜发布了一系列声明，软化了其立场。
They have also helped soften the impact of the novel coronavirus epidemic on China's economy by ensuring domestic energy security and the supply of anti-epidemic materials, she said.
Pork prices continued to soften amid weaker-than-usual demand and abundant supply so far this month, indicating that November's CPI may continue to register a low reading, Nomura analysts said in a research note.
Secondly, economic vibrancy did soften in the April-June period, with weakening indicators from exports to industrial profits.
Since the fourth quarter of last year, however, China's exports began to soften considerably.
Meanwhile, supply constraints eased as suppliers' delivery time shortened while overall input cost inflation softened.
As the COVID-19 pandemic has affected global trade and softened demand for goods in many economies, China's export-oriented companies made sure to display their products at business events such as the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show in the United States, and the 72nd edition of the Nuremberg International Toy Fair in Germany.
Meanwhile, new business registration growth, which softened in April, also regained momentum in May and saw a surge of 19.7 percent in June.
New business registration growth softened in April due to unexpected factors but regained momentum in May and marked a surge of 19.7 percent in June thanks to an array of economic stabilization measures.
In the second half, efforts in the government sector will determine the pace of economic recovery, as no sign of obvious recovery impetus has been evident in the private sector and overseas demand for Chinese products is likely to soften.
To better deal with the high inflation, experts said the US government should make more efforts to strengthen international cooperation, remove all additional tariffs imposed on Chinese goods, soften and end geopolitical conflicts and actively participate in the cooperation to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
They made the remarks as China's economic activity has softened since March amid multiple hits from resurgent domestic COVID-19 cases and changes in the external environment.
The multiple policy measures the Chinese government will continue to implement to support foreign trade growth, as included in the Government Work Report, will inject more vitality into the sector, they said, adding that overseas demand may rise thanks to the nation's stable industrial and supply chains amid global uncertainties, although COVID-related demand for Chinese exports is likely to soften.
As to the slightly lower deficit ratio set in the government work report, Liu said the intensity of fiscal spending will strengthen significantly compared with last year, rather than soften.
In the run-up to the two sessions, the tone-setting Central Economic Work Conference in December saw the country's leadership vowing to safeguard economic stability, as GDP growth softened in the second half of 2021 amid threefold pressure from shrinking demand, supply shocks and weaker expectations.
Some places have announced policies to improve the local business environment by mitigating existing difficulties, so as to soften the impact of new downward pressure, thereby further energizing the markets.
"I don't think the Chinese economy is facing stagflation," Kang added, stating that consumer inflation has remained mild while the spike in industrial goods prices has started to soften with the recovering supply of electricity and commodities.
Meanwhile, the sub-gauge of raw material prices dropped to 52.9 last month, versus 72.1 a month earlier, signaling softened momentum of rising raw material prices, according to the bureau.
Meanwhile, the sub-gauges of raw material prices and factory-gate prices dropped to 52.9 and 48.9 last month, versus 72.1 and 61.1 a month earlier, respectively, signaling softened momentum of rising industrial goods prices.
"Even with an easing of supply side pressures, however, we expect GDP growth will soften significantly in Q4, largely due to the real estate weakness," Kuijs said.
By contrast, decarbonization could soften growth of the United States economy in the next 10 years, given its large oil and gas industries, according to the firm's study.
Amid softened retail sales data in July, more and more views have been expressed in the past week that China should unveil effective measures to expand domestic demand and bolster consumption.
Also, the nation's strong investment in property development will soften due to tougher government policies to stabilize housing prices, he said.
Due to mounting external uncertainties and disruptions from the summer flooding and COVID-19 resurgence, the growth in some economic activities softened last month from a year earlier, said NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui.
"However, this year, the rise in the costs of logistics and advertising have hampered the profit margin, and the market demand has also softened," he said.
Rises in fixed assets, manufacturing soften infrastructure decelerationRecovery in China's fixed-asset investment will strengthen and help shore up the economy in the coming months, thanks to ramped-up policy supports and improved business vitality, officials and experts said on Thursday.
Wen Bin, chief researcher at China Minsheng Bank, said property development has started to cool down as government efforts to curb speculation paid off and is expected to further soften, going forward.
Meanwhile, as last year's base effect will continue to soften in the months to come, intertwined pressure on growth and inflation will be worth noticing in the second half of this year.
With gauges for input costs and output prices rising to the highest levels in recent years, high prices and raw material shortages have softened the growth in output in May, according to Wang.
China's continuing growth momentum has provided room for gradual policy normalization to stabilize the macro leverage ratio, Xing said, adding that he expects broad credit growth to soften to 11 percent on a yearly basis by the end of this year.
China's continuing growth momentum has provided room for gradual policy normalization to stabilize the macro leverage ratio, Xing said, adding that he expects broad credit growth to soften to 11 percent year-on-year by the end of 2021.
However, growth in retail sales softened last month, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
CPI growth in September moderated for the second straight month as food prices softened.
The CPI growth moderated as food prices continued to soften last month.
"But there are smart policy options available that can soften these trade-offs, such as investing in testing and tracing capacity and durably expanding social protection to cover the poor and the informal sector.
但是，存在一些明智的政策选项，能够缓解这些权衡困境，比如投资提升检测和追踪能力，并持久扩大社会保护范围以覆盖贫困人群和非正规行业。
China has moved to soften the environmental impact of the textile industry.
Therefore I believe current risks will eventually be eased and existing property regulations can continue to soften.
As many countries face economic weakness and the cost-of-living crisis continues to squeeze spending, consumer-driven demand will likely soften, although there should be pockets of strength," she added.
"In addition, some Chinese consumers would like to use purified and softened water to couple with personal care products and makeups.
此外，一些中国消费者希望使用纯净软化水与个人护理产品和化妆品配合使用。
Fashion retailers were able to leverage online campaigns to help soften the blow, leaving restaurants and experience-oriented retailers under more pressure than others.
Pork prices in China edged down last month as supply increased and demand softened, official data showed.
To soften the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak, China has ramped up financial support, including subsidies and loans to major pig-producing counties to restore production.
To soften the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak, China has ramped up financial support including subsidies and loans to major pig producing counties to restore production.
While profits in 39 of the 41 industrial sectors surveyed fell in Q1 from the same period last year, 28 sectors saw their profit growth improve or pullback soften in March, according to the NBS.
The temporary shortage of masks in China amid the novel coronavirus outbreak is the result of limited inventory under mild demand and softened production during the Spring Festival holidays, associations said.
协会表示，新冠病毒爆发期间中国口罩暂时短缺是由于春节期间需求温和导致库存有限以及生产放缓所致。
- Soaring pork prices in China continued to soften last week as the country rolled out multiple measures to stabilize hog production.
The trend has softened in the past weeks after the country rolled out multiple measures to stabilize hog production.
"China's decline has softened slightly, which offers some relief after a bad year," said Canalys Analyst Mo Jia, adding that major vendors are gearing up to full speed, releasing new products and spending on marketing to maintain market share.
He suggested that such policies should soften gradually, and market sentiment should be observed carefully in the process.
Experts: Tax cuts expected to soften blow of next year's subsidy cessationChina's latest package of favorable moves for new energy vehicles, including exempting NEV purchase taxes for another year, is expected to further ensure the sector's smooth and healthy development, analysts said.
But CLEPA has long been lobbying for the use of interim technologies, other than battery-power, to soften the impact on employment.
The China market has helped soften their COVID-19-induced sales declines.
Fang said the new customers will help soften the impact of the epidemic, which has dealt a heavy blow to the Chinese car market.
Both the central and local authorities have come up with a number of measures in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak to help soften the impact on the auto industry.
Large chip inventory, 2020 revenue growth may soften COVID, US impactHuawei Technologies Co said on Wednesday that it has the ability to satisfy the needs of its customers, especially various enterprises, as the company has poured a large amount of cash over the past two years to build up its stockpiles of chips in response to US government restrictions.
In general, we believe that support from the balance of payments to the yuan exchange rate may soften in 2022.
The Chinese currency yuan, also known as the renminbi, may face pressure in the second half of this year, which could slow its rise against the US dollar, analysts said on Monday, citing predictions of several economists at global financial institutions that China's economic recovery will likely soften, foreign trade surplus will narrow, while financial markets will continually attract foreign capital.
This, they said, may soften economic growth in the third quarter, after the strong rebound in the first half.
"Although household leverage is now approaching the developed economy levels, improving household income growth and recovery in the labor market is expected to soften the pressure on household balance sheets," said Li.
According to market consultancy McKinsey's report released in early March, total fintech investment in China softened to $1.6 billion in 2020, reflecting "significant maturity of China's fintech sector".
The way that major shareholders decrease their equity should be redesigned to soften the direct impact on the secondary market.
- China's proactive fiscal policy will be more positive to soften the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on efforts to reach major development goals this year, said China's finance minister.
Key China indexes up more than 2%; markets draw hope from governmentsFinancial markets across the world, particularly those in Asia and Europe, gained confidence on Wednesday as investors renewed faith that stronger government interventions may help soften economic blows from the novel coronavirus outbreak.
US stocks rallied Tuesday on news that the Trump administration will seek an additional $1 trillion in economic stimulus for individuals and hard-hit industries to soften the blow caused by the spread of the coronavirus.
White House officials plan to meet with members of Congress to discuss ways to soften the anticipated blow to the economy, including a payroll-tax cut.
To soften the negative impact, the central bank has provided 300 billion yuan ($42.67 billion) in re-lending funds to commercial banks for lending to companies in difficulty.
China's economic growth softened at the start of the third quarter, as the market showed stronger risk-averse sentiment after the US decided to impose additional tariffs on some Chinese goods starting next month.
A survey of more than 500 small-and medium-sized enterprises nationwide in China by Standard Chartered showed that business sentiment softened in July and their investment appetite weakened due to falling profits and rising uncertainties amid a slowing economy.
GDP growth further softened in the fourth quarter because of slower export growth and weaker domestic demand, officials said.
Moody's expects the pace of economic expansion in the region will soften in 2019-20, while remaining robust.
China tipped to open up market further, easing financial climate to soften impact of trade tensionsWith the United States bent on intensifying or prolonging its trade war with China, the world's second-largest economy is poised to take a measured approach in dealing with the capricious US tariffs unleashed in the escalating tensions, and further open up its vast market to counter unilateralism and protectionism.
Compared with the statement it issued for the fourth quarter of last year, the PBOC has become more cautious on its global economic outlook, and has softened its tone on deleveraging, said Lu Ting, chief economist in China with Nomura Securities.
Stock markets around the world fell on Wednesday after White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said in an interview on Fox Business Network that the Donald Trump administration had not softened its stance on China.
On Wednesday, the spot exchange rate of offshore yuan softened for the tenth consecutive trading day to 6.6164 per US dollar, the lowest level since Dec 20, after it lost nearly 3 percent in the last two weeks.
On Wednesday, the spot exchange rate of offshore yuan softened for the 10th consecutive trading day to 6.6164 per dollar, the lowest level since Dec 20, after it lost nearly 3 percent in the last two weeks.
To soften the impact of the revised measures on financial markets, the regulator will implement the new rules step by step.
In December last year, the bourse began drafting specific rule changes that would pave the way for the issuance of controversial dual-class shares, after the Securities and Futures Commission softened its stance on the long-entrenched "one share, one vote" principle.
It has gained more than 7 percent against the dollar through early September although it has softened recently.