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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

    • You will have to tone down the red a little.
      你得把红色稍调暗一点。
    • The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, urged political and economic officials to tone down their rhetoric and find less provocative ways to bolster their economies.
      IMF总裁卡恩(DominiqueStrauss-Kahn)敦促各国政治和经济官员缓和态度,寻找促进经济增长的更加温和的方法。
    • The FOMC will have to tone down its assessment of the economy in view of recent weak indicators on real growth, real consumption spending and employment, said Brian Bethune and Nigel Gault, economists at Global Insight.
      面对近期疲软的实际增长、实际消费支出和就业指标,联邦公开市场委员会将不得不下调其对经济的评估,环球透视(GlobalInsight)经济学家布莱恩贝休恩(BrianBethune)和奈杰尔高尔特(NigelGault)表示。
    • 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 best advice I can give to a foreigner who wants to do business in China is this: be sincere, try not to offend and tone down the volume.
      我能给一个想在中国做生意的外国人最好的建议是:真诚,不要冒犯别人,尽量低调。
    • 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 publisher urged Moore to tone down its critique of the "thief-in-chief", George W Bush.
      这家出版社曾要求摩尔把对“窃贼中的窃贼”乔治w布什(georgewbush)的批判改得温和一些。
    • 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。
    • MPs have been ordered to tone down their criticisms of government policy in the run-up to the election.
      下院议员已被勒令在竞选阶段对政府政策提出批评时调子要缓和一些。
    • 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。