soft-pedal

英 [ˌsɒft ˈpedl]

美 [ˌsɔːft ˈpedl]

v.  低调处理; 降低…的调门; 对…轻描淡写

现在分词：soft-pedalling　过去式：soft-pedalled　第三人称单数：soft-pedals　过去分词：soft-pedalled　

牛津词典

verb

• 低调处理；降低…的调门；对…轻描淡写
  to treat sth as less serious or important than it really is
  1. Television has been accused of soft-pedalling bad news.
     有人指责电视对坏消息轻描淡写。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 soft-pedaling, soft-pedaled


• VERB 缓和;减弱;降低…的力度
  If yousoft-pedalsomething, you deliberately reduce the amount of activity or pressure that you have been using to get something done or seen.
  1. He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal.
     他拒绝降低对这起丑闻的调查力度。

英英释义

verb

• play down or obscure
  1. His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder

双语例句

• It will do well to soft-pedal expectations for its next meeting in London in April.
  它最好淡化人们对明年4月伦敦峰会的预期。
• He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal.
  他拒绝降低对这起丑闻的调查力度。
• China has started to soft-pedal on tough new capital rules for its banks, watering down the requirements and giving them longer grace periods to adjust.
  中国开始放宽针对银行的严厉的资本金新规，降低了一些要求，并给银行留出了更长的适应期。
• On the issue of industrial pollution, the environmental activist plead with the government not to soft-pedal.
  自环境护活动请求政府污染问题低调态。
• Surely these letters offer dramatic proof that Sister White was correct in warning us not to soft-pedal our urgent last-day warning message.
  当然这些信件提供了戏剧性的证据，证明怀姐妹警告我们不可低调处理末日警告的紧急信息是正确的。
• Soft-pedal a potentially explosive issue.
  对可能是爆炸性的问题低调处理。