外国人说 sugar the pill 是什么意思？

　　sugar the pill

　　使不愉快的事变得较易接受

　　释义：

　　to make something bad seem less unpleasant 使不愉快的事变得较易接受，也可以说成 sugar the medicine 或 sweeten the pill

　　例句：

　　Plans to improve public services are a way of sugaring the pill of increased taxation.

　　The government stopped wage increases but sugared the pill by reducing taxes.