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(為息事寧人而給的)小恩小惠
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.
例句
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。