| 词汇 | raise/lower the tone (of something) |
| 释义 | raise/lower the tone (of something)raise/lower the tone (of something) RIGHT/PROPERto make a place or event more or less socially acceptable, attractive etc 提升/降低…的格调 That horrible building lowers the whole tone of the neighborhood. 那栋丑陋的建筑物降低了周边的整体格调。 Trust you to lower the tone of the conversation (=by making rude remarks etc). 就知道你会降低谈话的格调。 Examples from the Corpus raise/lower the tone (of something)• Far from lowering the tone, the changes are set to improve it. → raise/lower the tone (of something) at tone1(1) |
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