in AM, use 美国英语用 soft-pedaling, soft-pedaled
- VERB 缓和;减弱;降低…的力度
If you soft-pedal something, you deliberately reduce the amount of activity or pressure that you have been using to get something done or seen.
- He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal.
他拒绝降低对这起丑闻的调查力度。