查询词典 tone down

Pat Metheny's debut studio album is a good one, a trio date that finds him already laying down the distinctively cottony, slightly withdrawn tone and asymmetrical phrasing that would serve him well through most of the swerves in direction ahead.

Pat Metheny首张录制专辑是一张优秀的作品，标志着他已进入一个三重奏的时期：我们可以发现，他已经放弃那种特别柔和、略带冷漠的调子，以及划分得参差不齐的乐句；这将有助于他顺利通过未来的转型期。

Said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its nest.

说，语气中生气鸽子，因为它落户到它的窝里了。

I asked him to tone it down a bit, and that's where we ended out.

我问他缓和下来一点，那就是我们结束了。

Call your family and friends and let them in on your plans to tone it down this year.

邀请你的家人和朋友参加到降低今年开销的计划中来。

At the time he pledged,"I will no longer tone my background down that far."

当时他保证，"我将不再基调下我的背景远。"

I'll try to tone it down.

我会试著收敛一点啦。

Your Dad and I are very proud of your accomplishment, but could you try to tone it down in class ?

我和你父亲以你的成绩为荣，但是你能在课堂上少说点吗？

I wish she would tone it down.

我希望她可以擦掉她的浓妆。

Tone it down or I will hit you.

注意语气要不我会打你的

Sometimes we tell him to tone it down, ha.

有时我们会让他放松点儿，哈。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。