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tone down

英 [təʊn daʊn]

美 [toʊn daʊn]

使(言辞)温和; 使(调子)缓和; 收敛; 使(颜色)柔和; 使(味道)变淡; 调和

经济

柯林斯词典

  • PHRASAL VERB 使(言辞)温和;使(调子)缓和;收敛
    If youtone downsomething that you have written or said, you make it less forceful, severe, or offensive.
    1. The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting...
      言辞激烈的右翼领袖在会后收敛了他的好战言论。
    2. The forecasts have since had to be toned down, as the economy has exhibited unmistakable signs of slowing…
      该预测不得不在此后放低调子,因为经济已明白无误地显示出放缓的迹象。
    3. We have had to ask the agency and their client to tone their ads down.
      我们不得不要求广告公司及其客户将他们的广告处理得低调些。

英英释义

verb

  • make less strong or intense
    1. Tone down that aggressive letter
    2. The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
    Synonym:moderatetame
  • deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
      Synonym:mufflemutedulldampdampen

    双语例句

    • The Minsk II agreement will only succeed if Mr Putin has decided to tone down his confrontation with Ukraine and the west.
      只有在普京决定降低他与乌克兰和西方对抗程度的情况下,明斯克协议第二版才能成功。
    • Tone down your kamikaze tendencies and take more prudent risks.
      别那么玩命,冒险时要谨慎些。
    • Please tone down your language.
      请缓和一下你的语。
    • Why don't we tone down the colors a little bit?
      我们干吗不稍稍减弱色调呢?
    • Why not tone down your remarks? the company didn't lose much through his error.
      你能措辞缓和,他的错误并未给公司带来的损失。
    • It could be that we spice up some of the passive ones or it could be we tone down some of the crazier ones, or we continue to offer a mix and let players gravitate towards what they like.
      也许我们会放大一些被动效果,要么就是调低一些比较疯狂的玩意,或者继续提供更多的组合让玩家选择喜欢的东西。
    • The newspaper asked the columnist to tone down his offensive remarks in the article.
      那家报社要求这个专栏作家把文章里的攻击性语言写得含蓄一些。
    • Some analysts say the changes may be felt in the policy area, where Mr. Putin may feel compelled to tone down his aggressive, anti-Western stance.
      一些分析师说,政策领域可能会出现一些变化,普京可能不得不淡化他强势的反西方立场。
    • You must tone down your language; stop swearing.
      讲话要温文一点,不要出口骂人。
    • Tone down the loop count on the previous example, add set-x to the beginning of the script as well as a comment, and execute it, as shown in Listing 12.
      减小前一个示例中的循环计数值,在脚本的开头添加set-x和一个注释,见清单12。