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
- It was reported earlier that the galas hosted by CCTV and other regional stations during the Chinese New Year have taken steps to cut down on their expenses, following the introduction of the government efforts to tone down extravagance and waste to fight corruption.
早先就有报道提到央视和其它地方电视台为了响应政府减少奢侈浪费以反抗腐败的号召，已经采取措施减少他们在春晚上的开支。 - But he wishes the top gear presenter would tone down his views on climate change, which he fears encourage people to cock a snoop at "that global warming shit".
但他希望这位《英国疯狂汽车秀》（topgear）节目的主持人能够缓和一下他在气候变化问题上的激进观点，不然他担心这会鼓励人们对“全球变暖的扯谈”不以为然。 - 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。 - Why don't we tone down the colors a little bit?
我们干吗不稍稍减弱色调呢？ - When Ken Hom wrote his first book for the BBC he was asked to tone down the spices and garlic in his recipes.
当肯·霍姆为英国广播公司写第一本书的时候，他被要求在菜谱里少用些香料和大蒜。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Please tone down your language.
请缓和一下你的语。