每日學英語：Cushion the blow 減輕
1970-01-01 08:00:00 每日學英語
cushion the blow 減輕，緩和，緩解（打擊等）
【例句】
A cut in income tax would cushion the blow of sharp price increases.
降低所得稅將會減輕物價急劇上漲的打擊。
The financial industry is bracing for a fresh round of job cuts as Wall Street banks slash costs to cushion the blow of further market turbulence and deepening economic woes in 2009.
金融業正準備迎接新一輪裁員。目前華爾街銀行紛紛削減成本，以緩解明年市場繼續動蕩以及經濟危機不斷加深的影響。