tone down

基本解释

• 缓和；柔和；降低

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Abdul Ali, one of brothers who runs the family restaurant, said he would have to tone down the dish for future contests to avoid another call out for the emergency services.
  饭店的主人是两兄弟，其中一个叫阿卜杜.阿里，他说他在以后的比赛中将会降低菜肴的辣度，以免再次呼叫救护车。
• Sometimes this priority shift means you have to forgo one goal in exchange for another; for example, you might have to tone down your professional aspirations in return for a strong relationship.
  有时，这个优先顺序的改变意味着你需要放弃一个目标来成全另一个目标；例如：你可能要降低你的职业理想以换取爱情。
• Tone down the cooking indoors and grill outdoors when you feel the need to cook for a cooler home.
  如果你觉得有必要保持室内凉爽，就减少室内烹饪和户外烧烤吧。

原声例句

• With U.S.unemployment near double digits, Cardillo cautions the Obama administration to tone down its rhetoric against Wall Street - something political analysts say is unlikely with U.S.mid-term elections only months away.
• Many babies with Down syndrome have low muscle tone, so they need extra support when they are held.
• "I kept hoisting mine up, but when you've got Christmas hams like mine,mate, the other boys tended to say 'pull your skirt back down again.' That's when you know what the tone of the movie is.

权威例句

• There's no indication that Bulgari intends to tone down the boldness of its designs.
  FORBES: Flight to quality

词组短语

短语

• My Tone Quieting Down 我语气平息
• tone sth down 翻译
• tone down the speed 放慢速度
• to tone down one 's remarks 措辞温和

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• If you tone down something that you have written or said, you make it less forceful, severe, or offensive.
• If you tone down a colour or a flavour, you make it less bright or strong.