soft option
(often derog 常作贬义) alternative which is thought to involve less work, inconvenience, etc 避重就轻的选择
Language courses are wrongly thought to be soft options. 人们误以为选修语言课程较轻松.
Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.