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soft-pedal

美 [ˌsɔːft ˈpedl]英 [ˌsɒft ˈpedl]
  • v.低调处理;对…轻描淡写;降低…的调门

过去式: soft-pedalled 现在分词: soft-pedalling 过去分词: soft-pedalled 第三人称单数: soft-pedals

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verb

【不规则形式】-ll- US also -l-

informal低调处理;降低…的调门;对…轻描淡写
to treat sth as less serious or important than it really is

Television has been accused of soft-pedalling bad news.

有人指责电视对坏消息轻描淡写。

soft-pedal

频次

  • 2
    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。

verb

1
play down or obscure
His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder

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  1. Surely these letters offer dramatic proof that Sister White was correct in warning us not to soft-pedal our urgent last-day warning message .

    当然这些信件提供了戏剧性的证据,证明怀姐妹警告我们不可低调处理末日警告的紧急信息是正确的。

  2. The government has been soft-pedalling ( on ) the question of teachers ' pay .

    政府一直低调处理教师的工资问题。

  3. Television has been accused of soft-pedalling bad news .

    有人指责电视对坏消息轻描淡写。

  4. 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。

  5. It will do well to soft-pedal expectations for its next meeting in London in April .

    它最好淡化人们对明年4月伦敦峰会的预期。

  6. New Delhi , meanwhile , another emerging market behemoth , has its own reasons for soft-pedalling .

    与此同时,另一个新兴市场巨头&印度也有自己保持低调的理由。

  7. On the issue of industrial pollution , the environmental activist plead with the government not to soft-pedal .

    自环境护活动请求政府污染问题低调态。

  8. He promised to investigate whether corruption , equipment or management problems were to blame , with no " soft-pedalling . "

    他承诺不管调查出来的是腐败问题抑或是设备和管理问题,都将会追究责任,绝不“姑息”。

  9. Soft-pedal a potentially explosive issue .

    对可能是爆炸性的问题低调处理。

  10. China has started to soft-pedal on tough new capital rules for its banks , watering down the requirements and giving them longer grace periods to adjust .

    中国开始放宽针对银行的严厉的资本金新规,降低了一些要求,并给银行留出了更长的适应期。