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

• She tried to tone down his anger.
  她试图使他的愤怒缓和下来。
• You'd better tone down the more offensive remarks in your article.
  你最好把你文章里的攻击性词句写得含蓄些。
• Please tone down your language.
  请缓和一下你的语。
• Why don't we tone down the colors a little bit?
  我们干吗不稍稍减弱色调呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• 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。