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  tone down
       v 1: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle,
             mute, dull, damp, dampen]
       2: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that
          aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his
          potentially offensive statements" [syn: moderate, tame]

  tone down
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive idiomatic) To relax; to make#Verb
  quiet#Adjective or less obtrusive; to make mild#Adjective.
     2 To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking
  characteristics of; to soften.
     3 To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive
  and so more suitable for a family audience.

  tone down
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive idiomatic) To relax; to make#Verb
  quiet#Adjective or less obtrusive; to make mild#Adjective.
     2 To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking
  characteristics of; to soften.
     3 To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive
  and so more suitable for a family audience.

  tone down
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive idiomatic) To relax; to make#Verb
  quiet#Adjective or less obtrusive; to make mild#Adjective.
     2 To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking
  characteristics of; to soften.
     3 To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive
  and so more suitable for a family audience.

  tone down
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive idiomatic) To relax; to make#Verb
  quiet#Adjective or less obtrusive; to make mild#Adjective.
     2 To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking
  characteristics of; to soften.
     3 To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive
  and so more suitable for a family audience.

  tone down /tˈəʊn dˈaʊn/ 
  zmírnit

  tone down /tˈəʊn dˈaʊn/ 
  ztlumit

  tone down /tˈəʊn dˈaʊn/
  etw. entschärfen, etw. abschwächen 
           Note: Kritik, Wortwahl usw.
     Synonyms: soften, water down sth.
  
   see: softening, toning down, watering down, softened, toned down, watered down
  

  tone down /tˈəʊn dˈaʊn/
  
  μετριάζω, απαλύνω

  tone down /toundaun/
  afzwakken

  102 Moby Thesaurus words for "tone down":
     abate, achromatize, allay, alleviate, assuage, atone, attemper,
     attune, baffle, bank the fire, blanch, bleach, blunt, chasten,
     chord, constrain, control, cushion, damp, dampen, de-emphasize,
     deaden, deafen, decolor, decolorize, dim, diminish, discolor,
     downplay, drain, drain of color, dull, ease, etiolate, extenuate,
     fade, fluff, fume, gentle, keep within bounds, knead, laxate, lay,
     lenify, lessen, lighten, limber, limber up, loosen, mash, massage,
     mat, mellow, milden, mitigate, moderate, modulate, mollify, muffle,
     mute, obtund, pale, palliate, peroxide, play down, plump, pulp,
     put in tune, reduce, reduce the temperature, relax, restrain,
     shake up, slacken, slow down, smash, smother, sober, sober down,
     soft-pedal, soften, soften up, squash, stifle, stop, string,
     subdue, supple, suppress, tame, tarnish, temper, tenderize,
     tone up, tune, tune down, tune up, underplay, voice, wash out,
     weaken, whiten
  
  

     降低调子,使柔和,缓和