soft-pedal的中文翻譯是什麼意思

soft-pedal

US/ˈsɔftˈpɛdl, ˌsɑft-/
UK/ˈsɔ:ftˈpedl, ˌsɔft-/

v. 弱音踏板

soft-pedal柯林斯釋義

VERB緩和;減弱;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.

    他拒絕降低對這起醜聞的調查力度。

soft-pedal英文釋義

Verb

1. play down or obscure;

  • His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder

soft-pedal場景例句

He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal.

他拒絕降低對這起醜聞的調查力度。

soft-pedal近義詞

softensilence