soft-pedal
- vt. 用弱音踏板降低……的音调；对……不予张扬；使大事化小
- vi. 使用弱音踏板；缓和；不张扬
[ 第三人称单数 soft-pedals 现在分词 soft-pedalling或soft-pedaling 过去式 soft-pedalled或soft-pedaled 过去分词 soft-pedalled或soft-pedaled ]
网络释义专业释义英英释义
soft-pedal [ ,sɔft'pedəl, ,sɔ:- ]
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n.
a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound
同义词： soft pedal
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v.
play down or obscure
"His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
soft-pedal ( soft-pedalling, soft-pedalled, soft-pedals )
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V-T 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. (故意)降低...的力度
例：He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal.
他拒绝降低对该丑闻的调查力度。
双语例句权威例句
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He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal.
他拒绝降低对该丑闻的调查力度。
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Brake pedal feel is soft, and the lack of immediate response is bothersome even around town.
刹车板太软，缺少即刻的快速反应，这些问题即使在城镇也让人觉得很烦。
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Different performer according to give musical performance the habit and the processing methods personally, also make the marking of the soft sound pedal have the obvious dissimilarity.
不同的演奏者依据个人的演奏习惯和处理方法，也使柔音踏板的标记有明显的不同。
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