tone down

1. PHRASAL VERB 使(言辞)温和；使(调子)缓和;收敛
   If you tone down something 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。

1. Tone down your kamikaze tendencies and take more prudent risks.
   别那么玩命，冒险时要谨慎些。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. You` d have to bring the tone down, and I don` t know how it would be.
   你必须降低声音，我不知道会怎样。
7. The best advice I can give to a foreigner who wants to do business in China is this: be sincere, try not to offend and tone down the volume.
   我能给一个想在中国做生意的外国人最好的建议是：真诚，不要冒犯别人，尽量低调。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. But if you can just manage to tone down your egos, shape up your minds, and think unfashionable thoughts, you just might be able to do something worthy with your lives.
    但是如果你能够放下自我中心的想法，多独立思考，也许在你的生命中你能够做出些不枉此生的事情。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. But he wishes the top gear presenter would tone down his views on climate change, which he fears encourage people to cock a snoop at "that global warming shit".
    但他希望这位《英国疯狂汽车秀》（topgear）节目的主持人能够缓和一下他在气候变化问题上的激进观点，不然他担心这会鼓励人们对“全球变暖的扯谈”不以为然。
16. We hope to tone down Lifebloom and bring the Druids other healing spells up to speed in this expansion.
    我们希望调低生命绽放并在这个资料片中给德鲁伊们带来其他可接受的治疗技能。
17. 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。
18. You must tone down your language; stop swearing.
    讲话要温文一点，不要出口骂人。
19. Please tone down your language.
    请缓和一下你的语。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. She tried to tone down his anger.
    她试图使他的愤怒缓和下来。
23. 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。
24. The newspaper asked the columnist to tone down his offensive remarks in the article.
    那家报社要求这个专栏作家把文章里的攻击性语言写得含蓄一些。
25. The publisher urged Moore to tone down its critique of the "thief-in-chief", George W Bush.
    这家出版社曾要求摩尔把对“窃贼中的窃贼”乔治w布什（georgewbush）的批判改得温和一些。
26. Metallics, fur, leather and plastic in one color will tone down the look but still give an urban warrior vibe.
    金属色，毛皮，皮革和单色塑料制品会温和一些，但仍会与城市战士产生共鸣。
27. The bright blue wilt tone down with the effect of sunlight.
    阳光一照射这明亮的蓝色就会柔和下来。
28. Why don't we tone down the colors a little bit?
    我们干吗不稍稍减弱色调呢？
29. You will have to tone down the red a little.
    你得把红色稍调暗一点。

verb

1. make less strong or intense
   1. Tone down that aggressive letter
   2. The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements

   Synonym:    moderatetame

2. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

   Synonym:    mufflemutedulldampdampen