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

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