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
- Please tone down your language.
请缓和一下你的语。 - 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。 - 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。 - She tried to tone down his anger.
她试图使他的愤怒缓和下来。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - Instead of striving after the unattainable, we should learn to round our ideas and tone down the angularity of our conduct.
替代我们难以做到的奋斗，我们应该学会变通我们的想法和磨掉我们行为的棱角。 - We hope to tone down Lifebloom and bring the Druids other healing spells up to speed in this expansion.
我们希望调低生命绽放并在这个资料片中给德鲁伊们带来其他可接受的治疗技能。