每日一詞 704 tone down：降低，放慢

今天我們要學的詞是tone down。 Tone down是降低的意思。法國總統(tǒng)薩科齊星期天慢跑鍛煉時突然頭暈摔倒，送往醫(yī)院接受治療。"Friends and doctors urged him to tone down his hyperactive lifestyle," 朋友和醫(yī)生都要求他放慢高度緊張的生活節(jié)奏。

美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬上星期三就哈佛大學非洲裔教授蓋茨在自己家里被捕一事的表態(tài)引起了強烈反響。"President Obama toned down his remarks on Friday and admitted that his comments earlier had inflamed tensions," 奧巴馬星期五緩和了態(tài)度，并承認自己先前的講話進一步加劇了緊張的情緒。好的，今天我們學習的詞是tone down...