dumb something ↔ downto present news or information in a simple and attractive way without many details so that everyone can understand it – used to show disapproval 〔为使大家能够理解而〕降低〔某物〕的标准,使〔某物〕简单化〔含贬义〕 Have history textbooks been dumbed down over the past decade? 历史教科书在过去的十年里是否被简化了?
—dumbing down noun [uncountableU]
→ dumb something ↔ down at dumb2(1)