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

• The FOMC will have to tone down its assessment of the economy in view of recent weak indicators on real growth, real consumption spending and employment, said Brian Bethune and Nigel Gault, economists at Global Insight.
  面对近期疲软的实际增长、实际消费支出和就业指标，联邦公开市场委员会将不得不下调其对经济的评估，环球透视（GlobalInsight）经济学家布莱恩贝休恩（BrianBethune）和奈杰尔高尔特（NigelGault）表示。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She tried to tone down his anger.
  她试图使他的愤怒缓和下来。
• 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。
• 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。