释义 |
soft-pedalˌsoft-ˈpedal verb [transitive] VERB TABLEsoft-pedal |
Present | I, you, we, they | soft-pedal | | he, she, it | soft-pedals | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | soft-pedaled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have soft-pedaled | | he, she, it | has soft-pedaled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had soft-pedaled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will soft-pedal | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have soft-pedaled |
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Present | I | am soft-pedaling | | he, she, it | is soft-pedaling | | you, we, they | are soft-pedaling | Past | I, he, she, it | was soft-pedaling | | you, we, they | were soft-pedaling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been soft-pedaling | | he, she, it | has been soft-pedaling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been soft-pedaling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be soft-pedaling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been soft-pedaling |
to make something seem less important or less urgent than it really is: The president soft-pedaled criticism of the regime on his recent visit. |