Local police are trying to defuse racial tension in the community.
当地的警察竭力缓和这个社区种族间的紧张关系。
1.拆除...的雷管;使失去导火线
2.使变为无害
1.to make a situation more relaxed by making people feel less angry or less worried
2.to stop a bomb from exploding by removing its fuse
1.Someone had to defuse the time bomb or all the passengers on board the ship would be killed. The boatswain offered to bell the cat.
有人得去把定时炸弹的雷管拆掉，否则全船人的性命难保。水手长自告奋勇去冒这个险。
2.Syria's official news agency says three security personnel have been killed while trying to defuse a bomb near Damascus.
叙利亚官方新闻机构声称，在大马士革附近，三名安全人员因试图拆除炸弹而死亡。
3.The president said he wanted the meeting to defuse the racial issues brought up by the arrest.
总统称他希望这次的会议能够缓和种族问题引发的这次逮捕。
4.He said Frazer, in her discussions with officials of the DRC and Rwanda, will explore ways to defuse regional tensions.
麦科马克说，弗雷泽跟刚果民主共和国以及卢旺达官员会谈时将探讨缓和地区紧张状态的途径。
5.Your own sense of responsibility provides balance that enables you to be the person you should be and to defuse any tension.
你的责任意识带给你平衡，从而促使你成为应该成为的人和缓和一些紧张情绪。
6.Explosives experts are trying to defuse a second device, which the fugitives placed on one of the main roads leading out of the city.
爆炸专家正在努力排除越狱者在出城的主要道路上安装的第二枚爆炸装置。
7.Now would seem to be one such moment: some wise words from the king could do much to defuse tension.
现在似乎到了这样的时刻：国王的英明之言能够有效消除紧张局势。
8.By correcting the behavior rather than the child, you defuse a child's defensiveness and keep the correction from sounding like an order.
批评对事而不对人，从而孩子不会产生防御心理不在防卫你，改正错误的要求听上去也不像是一种命令。
9.Obama came into office thinking he could engage with Iran in a way that would defuse tensions.
奥巴马上任时认为他能够通过在某些事务上和伊朗打交道来缓解紧张。
10.Singapore announced new steps to curb immigration as it tries to defuse one of its most contentious emerging political issues .
新加坡出台了限制移民的新措施，努力缓和这个争议最大的新政治问题之一。