take the sting out of

Marcus Agius is poised to resign as chairman of Barclays yestoday, in the hope that his departure will take the sting out of mounting criticism from politicians and shareholders over the bank's role in the price-fixing of interbank lending rates.

马库斯•阿吉斯（Marcus Agius）准备于今日辞去巴克莱（Barclays）董事长职务，以缓解政界人士和公司股东对该行在银行间拆借利率操纵案中所扮角色的不断高涨的批评声浪。

He smiled at her, trying to take the sting out of his words.

他冲她微微一笑，想使他的话不至于刺痛她。

It will take the sting out of your rejection.

这样可以缓和你的拒绝带来的不快。

This truly dramatic move seems designed to take some of the sting out of the crisis and to show that the Murdoch empire is punishing itself.

这个戏剧性的举动似乎是为了让自己摆脱危机，展示默多克王国在对自己进行惩罚。

If they can extend their success in US from Massachusetts to California, that will take much of the sting out of their more recent setbacks in Greece and Mexico.

如果它们能将在美国取得的成功从马萨诸塞州扩大至加利福尼亚州，那将极大地缓解最近在希腊和墨西哥的挫折带来的影响。

And while these folks have the best intentions, that doesn't take the sting out of comments like, Gee, those pants make you look fat!

虽然你们的本意是好的，然而方式很难让人接受。比如，穿上这条裤子让你看上去真肥！

You can take the sting out of raising a Scorpio.

你可以让养天蝎座小孩的过程好过一些.

We drink wine and eat well together and we tell each other the nicest stories we can remember about former spouses, just to take the sting out of all that conversation about loss.

我们一同品酒、尝美食，和对方说前夫或前妻在自己记忆中的美好故事，以便让整个有关失落过程的对话少去杀伤力。

Man, those shorts really take the sting out of getting yelled at.

天呐，那条短裤真能让我忘了被骂的痛。

He smiled at her, trying to take the sting out of his words (= trying to make the situation less painful or difficult) .

他冲她微微一笑，想使他的话不至于刺痛她。

Of course, the president has found a way to take the sting out of the Obamacare mandates for the church. From now on, they are going to be in Latin.

当然，总统也找到了一个让奥巴马医改方案讨好教会的方法，从现在起它将用拉丁语写。

The new policy of shorter working hours will serve to take the sting out of the pay cut.

缩短工时的新政策减少了由减薪引起的不快。