单词 | raise/lower the tone (of something) |
释义 | raise/lower the tone (of something) From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishraise/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 That horrible building lowers the whole tone of the neighborhood. (=by making rude remarks etc). Trust you to lower the tone of the conversation → toneExamples from the Corpusraise/lower the tone (of something)• Far from lowering the tone, the changes are set to improve it. |
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