sop

1. N-COUNT 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. 小賄賂[oft N 'to' n] [表不滿]

This is an obvious sop to the large Irish-American audience. 這明顯是討好衆多愛爾蘭裔美國民衆的一個小小擧措。