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Subdued Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Intensity Conversation Lighting 英 Səb'djuːd] 美

英语单词 subdued
英美音标 英 [səb'djuːd] 美 [səb'duːd]
中文释义 adj.屈服的;柔和的;减弱的;被抑制的
动词subdue的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句 (1) The subdued moonlit glare helps to bring out more of the lunar landscape.
(2) calm drivers get wound up by subdued, low-key voices that don't vary in pitch.
中文例句 (1) 柔和的月光会帮助我们更多更好的勾勒出月球的景象。
(2) 熟练的驾驶者对那种柔和的毫无变化的语调感到厌烦.
vocabulary简明 The adjective subdued refers to something, like a sound, that has a lowered intensity. Your loud conversation with a friend in the back of the classroom is likely to become subdued when the teacher passes out the exams.
vocabulary扩展 The word subdued is related to the Latin word, subdere, which means "to subtract from." Something that is subdued has lost some of its strength or intensity. Subdued lighting might create a romantic mood at a restaurant. And a subdued child is one who is no longer having a fit. A subdued economy is probably pretty sluggish.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]闷闷不乐的;抑郁的;默不作声的 Someone who is subdued is very quiet, often because they are sad or worried about something.
  • He faced the press, initially, in a somewhat subdued mood...

    他最初面对媒体时情绪有点忧郁。

  • The audience are strangely subdued, clapping politely after each song.

    观众们出奇地安静,只是在每首歌结束后报以礼貌性的掌声。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](声音)压低的;小声的 Subdued sounds are not very loud.
  • The conversation around them was resumed, but in subdued tones.

    他们周围的人又开始交谈了,但这次是窃窃私语。

3
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](灯光、颜色)不强烈的,柔和的 Subdued lights or colours are not very bright.
  • The lighting was subdued.

    灯光柔和。

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