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tone down 英təʊn daʊn美toʊʊn daʊn ★★★☆☆高研短语²⁷²⁷⁶
基本英英搭配近义反义例句Thesaurus例句
使柔和; 缓和
Verb:
deaden a sound or noise, especially by wrappingmake less strong or intense; soften;Tone down that aggressive letter The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements tone down使柔和
近义词 mute哑子darken变暗muffle围裹damp潮湿的tame驯服的dull呆滞的silence沉默moderate适度的dampen使潮湿soften使变柔和qualify使具备资格
He toned down clashing colours with brown tints.他加了些棕色使不调和的各种颜色柔和了一些。
His tone became soft and conspiratorial.他的语气变得柔和而诡异。
The newspaper toned down its attack.那家报纸缓和了他们的攻击。
She tried totone downhis anger.她试图使他的愤怒缓和下来。verb.moderate
同义词 dampen,dim,mitigate,modulate,play down,restrain,soften,temperchill out,cloud,darken,deepen,reduce,shade,sober,soft pedal,subdue
反义词 aggravate,brighten,irritate,upsetincrease,raise
darkenverb become shaded, unlit
becloud,bedim,blacken,cloud over,cloud up,deepen,dim,eclipse,fog,gray,haze,make dim,murk,obfuscate,obscure,overcast,overshadow,shade,shadow
darkensverb become shaded, unlit
beclouds,bedims,blackens,cloud over,clouds up,deepens,dims,eclipses,fogs,grays,hazes,makes dim,murks,obfuscates,obscures,overcasts,overshadows,shades,shadows,tones down
deadenverb diminish, muffle, quiet
KO,abate,alleviate,anesthetize,benumb,blunt,check,chloroform,consume,cushion,damp,dampen,depress,deprive,desensitize,destroy,devitalize,dim,dope,drown,dull,etherize,exhaust,freeze,frustrate,gas,hush,impair,incapacitate,injure,knock out,lay out,lessen,mute,numb,paralyze,put out of order,put to sleep,quieten,reduce,repress,retard,slow,smother,soften,stifle,stun,stupefy,suppress,tire,tone down,unnerve,weaken
fadeverb lose color
achromatize,become colorless,blanch,bleach,blench,clear,decolorize,dim,disappear,discolor,dissolve,dull,etiolate,evanish,evaporate,grow dim,lose brightness,lose luster,muddy,neutralize,pale,tarnish,tone down,vanish,wash out
lowerverb reduce, minimize
abate,clip,curtail,cut,cut back,cut down,de-escalate,decrease,decry,deflate,demote,depreciate,devaluate,devalue,diminish,downgrade,downsize,knock off,lessen,mark down,moderate,pare,prune,roll back,scale down,shave,slash,soften,tone down,undervalue,write off
minceverb euphemize, hold back in communication
alleviate,decrease,diminish,extenuate,lessen,minimize,moderate,palliate,soften,spare,tone down,weaken“ By meeting Mubarak, coming to see Mubarak, is to promise Mubarak something or others so that Mubarak will tone down on this issue,” said Walid Kazziha.
他说：“通过与穆巴拉克举行会晤，前来探望穆巴拉克，是对穆巴拉克作出一些承诺或是别的什么，从而使穆巴拉克淡化这个问题。” ebigear
Behind-the-scenes lobbying by Turkish, American and European Union diplomats may have persuaded Mr Erdogan to tone down his language.
幕后经土耳其人游说，美国和欧盟的外交官们也许已经说服埃尔多安先生缓和一下他的措辞。 ecocn
In these harsher circumstances many companies will tone down their loud green initiatives and instead quietly emphasise value for money.
在这些严峻的形式面前，很多公司都在环保倡议方面噤若寒蝉，取而代之的是开始悄然强调金钱价值。 ecocn
Indian and Pakistani border guards say they've agreed to tone down aggressive gestures at a ceremony that attracts thousands of visitors on both sides of the frontier every evening.
印巴边境每晚上演的仪式吸引着两国境内上千名观众前来观看，日前两国边兵表示，印巴双方已达成共识，将在仪式上降低向对方挑衅的姿态。 hjenglish
Moreover, when the government has experienced setbacks, it tends to tone down its pugnacity.
而且，当政府遭遇挫折的时候，倾向于对自己的好斗保持低调。 ecocn
You don't have to hide, tone down, or apologize for any aspect of you or your fabulous life.
你不必去隐藏自我，刻意低调或者为你自己那美妙生命的任何一个部分感到抱歉。 yeeyan |