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单词 soft-pedal
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soft-pedal: soft-pedalled
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Despite being aimed at a young audience, A Monster Calls doesn’t soft-pedal the agony of grief.
The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)
It could soft-pedal efforts to combat the piracy of American patents and copyrights.
New York Times(Nov 22, 2016)
This is no doubt some soft-pedal written by his aides to make him sound more human and less monstrous.
Seattle Times(Sep 01, 2016)
v play down or obscure
His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder
Hyper
background, downplay, play down
understate the importance or quality of
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