Staff helped smooth the way for the new administration.

【smooth】员工帮助新管理层铺平了道路。

A bad act only smooths the way to other bad acts, while bad thoughts irresistibly lead toward them.

一个坏行为只会为其他坏行为铺平道路，而坏的想法则不可抗拒地导致它们。

So saying, he lounged to the fire, and sat down. Catherine reflected an instant, with knitted brows--she found it needful to smooth the way for an intrusion.

说着，他就磨磨蹭蹭到炉火边，坐下来了。凯瑟琳皱着眉想了片刻——她觉得需要为即将来访的客人排除障碍。

The peculiarities of the British Parliament at the time made smooth the way for the king and his allies with their designs for controlling the entire government.

——当时英国议会的特殊性，为国王及其盟友企图控制整个政府铺平了道路。

The generous terms secured by the American commission at Paris called forth surprise and gratitude in the United States and smoothed the way for a renewal of commercial relations with the mother country.

美国委员会在巴黎获得的慷慨条款在美国引起了惊喜和感激，并为与母国恢复商业关系铺平了道路。

He could pull dollars from his cuffs, discreetly thanking the traffic cop who smoothed the way of this grocery driver or that dry-cleaning delivery, and whistle a bright yellow taxi out of thin air with a sound only dogs could hear.

他可以从袖口里掏出美元，小心翼翼地感谢为这个杂货店司机或那个干洗店送货铺平道路的交通警察，然后用只有狗才能听到的声音从稀薄的空气中吹出一辆亮黄色的出租车。