单词 | lower the tone (of something) |
释义 | lower the tone (of something) From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlower the tone (of something)lower the tone (of something)RUDE/IMPOLITEto make something not as nice as it was They thought an influx of students would lower the tone of the neighborhood. (=include rude jokes etc in what you say)! Trust you to lower the tone of the conversation → lowerExamples from the Corpuslower the tone (of something)• Far from lowering the tone, the changes are set to improve it. |
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