Soft-pedal

vt. 降低...的調子, 對...不予張揚, 使...變得不顯眼

?? 牛津釋義

soft-pedal v (-ll-; US -l-) [I, Tn] (infml 口) make (an issue, etc) seem less serious or important; play (sth) down 減弱(問題等)的嚴重性或重要性; 使(某事物)大事化小 The government has been soft-pedalling (on) the question of teachers' pay. 政府一直低調處理教師的工資問題.

?? 詞語組成解析

soft [s?ft]
adj. 軟的,柔軟的;溫和的,柔和的;不含酒精的;輕松的; n. 柔軟之物,柔軟的部分; adv. 柔和地;溫柔地;
pedal ['p?dl]
n. 踏板;腳蹬子;垂足線; vt.& vi. 踩自行車的踏板;騎自行車; adj. 腳的;踏板的;
ped腳+al形容詞后綴 → 用腳踏上的 → 踏板,踏腳

??? 情景例句

Not a chance.
絕無可能。
A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.
交友慢,失友快。
In that case, we'd like cash on receipt of invoice.
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