The reason most of these "strategic" discussions are met with the corporate equivalent of a barely muted yawn is that they are not strategic at all.

这些“战略”讨论大都吃了公司的闭门羹的原因是它们根本就不具备战略性。

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This time, the response may not be quite so muted.

这时，公众的反应就不会是如此悄无声息了。

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"Bella, it's not my fault if you are exceptionally unobservant." His voice was quiet as usual - velvet, muted.

“贝拉，你心不在焉得过分可不是我的错。”他的声音像往常一样——像天鹅绒一样柔软。

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Opinion polls show that public support for ID cards has fallen sharply over the past four years, but even a chorus of opposition has not muted the government's centralising instincts.

ECONOMIST: The database state

Director Michael Mann creates a rising line of tension and paranoia which leads, paradoxically, to a muted, not entirely reassuring ending.

NEWYORKER: The Insider

This time, the response may not be quite so muted.

ECONOMIST: Ireland's budget