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
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.- 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。 - 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。 - 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。
- The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting...
英英释义
verb
- make less strong or intense
- Tone down that aggressive letter
- The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
双语例句
- 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。 - The bright blue wilt tone down with the effect of sunlight.
阳光一照射这明亮的蓝色就会柔和下来。 - You` d have to bring the tone down, and I don` t know how it would be.
你必须降低声音,我不知道会怎样。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Why don't we tone down the colors a little bit?
我们干吗不稍稍减弱色调呢? - Tone down your kamikaze tendencies and take more prudent risks.
别那么玩命,冒险时要谨慎些。 - 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。