1.使柔和;变柔和
1.to make something less severe, shocking, or offensive
2.to make the color, flavor, etc. of something less strong
1.For example, if i were to wears a very nice dress, i would not style my hair at all or I would tone down on the make up.
比如，如果我穿了一套很漂亮的衣服，我就不会再做头发的造型，或者我就会化比较淡的妆。
2.For the first time in his career, Salman has decided to tone down his muscles which had become his trademark for the last 15 years.
对于他的职业生涯中第一次，萨勒曼已决定放下这已成为他在过去15年的商标肌肉基调。
3.China, with its own poor human rights record, can be expected to try to tone down criticism of its wayward protege.
各方谴责受中国保护的朝鲜刚愎自用，而人权纪录不佳的中国有望试图缓和谴责声势。
4.Tone down and put some of that hard earned cash into a safe, long-term investment.
把辛苦挣来的钱用到一个安全的长期的投资。
5.It's a completely different feel. You'd have to bring the tone down, and I don't know how it would be. I'll just stay open.
这是完全不同的感觉。你必须降低声音，我不知道会怎样。我会继续期待。
6.But they have never managed to cling to these scientific credentials, or to tone down the religious ones.
但他们从未依附于这些科学依据，或者放下宗教的高调。
7.A few days into the Honda strike, however, the party's propaganda authorities secretly ordered the media to tone down their coverage.
然而，本田罢工开始几天以后，党的新闻监管机构向媒体下达了冷处理的指令。
8.Sunday, the two presidential hopefuls appeared to tone down the heavy criticism and focus on party unity instead.
周日，两位有希望问鼎总统的人看起来开始缓和严厉批评之声，转而聚焦党内团结。
9.In short, Dubai may have got a scratch in its shiny facade, and might just have to tone down its boisterous swagger, but it'll be just fine.
总之，可能迪拜美丽的外表有了道瑕疵，而且还可能不得不放缓急速发展的脚步，不过它的前景还是光明的。
10.But scientists may have found a way to tone down those taste buds and stop us craving high-calorie food.
但是研究者或许已经找到了通过控制味觉的方式来阻止贪吃行为。