Another subclass of reference, soft references, fulfills a different but related purpose.

Reference的另一个子类——软引用——可满足一个不同却相关的目的。

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Softly reachable: an object that is not strongly reachable and can be accessed through a soft reference.

软可及对象(softly reachable)：不是强可及对象，并且能够通过软引用访问的对象。

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From above shall we say that an object can't have a soft reference and a weak reference at the same time?

从以上是否能看出，一个对象不能同时具有软引用和弱引用？

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"Our point of reference is he was a kind, gentle, soft-spoken teenager, " Ms. Page said.

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As played by Anthony LaPaglia, Nixon is physically awkward and prone to third-person self-reference (more a Bob Dole tic, actually), but he is also soft-spoken and no more than ordinarily profane.

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