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“地道英语”：Dial down 缓和，减轻

2025/4/22
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菲菲: 我和Phil今天要讲解一个地道的英语表达："dial down"。"dial" 作为名词，指的是调节音量、频率等的按钮。但"dial down"并非指实际操作按钮，而是一个比喻说法，表示降低或缓和某事物的强度。例如，你可以说 "dial down the energy"（降低能量），"dial down the complexity"（降低复杂性），或者 "dial down the tension"（缓和紧张气氛）。 Phil: 我们还可以用 "dial down" 来描述各种场景，例如降低音量（"dial down the volume"），减少辣椒的用量（"dial down on the chilli"），或者让某人少一些傲慢（"dial down a bit"）。总而言之，"dial down" 的核心意思就是降低或减少某事物的强度或程度，使之不那么强烈或激烈。 菲菲: 值得一提的是，在口语中，"dial back" 也具有与 "dial down" 相同的意思，都可以用来表示降低或缓和。 Phil: 与之相反的是 "dial up"，它的意思是增强或提高某事物的强度或程度。所以，如果你想提升学习英语的努力程度，请务必下次继续收听我们的节目！ Phil: 在今天的节目中，我们深入探讨了英语表达 "dial down" 的用法和含义。"Dial down" 的字面意思是调低音量，但它在日常口语中更多的是一种比喻说法，用来表示降低或缓和某事物的强度或程度。例如，我们可以用它来表示降低音量、辣度、甚至某人的傲慢程度等。 菲菲: "Dial down" 的用法非常灵活，可以应用于各种不同的情境，例如工作中需要缓和紧张的氛围，或者生活中需要降低某些事物的强度。我们还学习了与 "dial down" 意思相近的表达 "dial back"，以及与之相反的表达 "dial up"，后者表示增强或提高某事物的强度。 Phil: 通过学习这些表达，我们可以更好地理解和运用英语口语，提升英语表达能力。希望大家能够在日常生活中灵活运用 "dial down"，以及其他类似的表达，使自己的英语表达更加地道自然。

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Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Feifei…And I'm Phil. I'm so happy!How are you so bouncy at the start of the week?

Dial 做名词时可以指用于调节音量频率等等的按钮

Dial is also a verb. If you dial something down, you reduce its intensity. Now, you told me to dial down the energy. Obviously there aren't actually any controls, it's just a metaphor. So we use it much more generally to talk about reducing the intensity of something. Yes, if you want someone to make something simpler, then you can ask them to dial down the complexity and

If you want to resolve an awkward situation at work, then you might ask people to dial down the tension.OK, listen to some more people using the expression dial down.OK kids, it's getting really noisy in here. It's time to dial down the volume.Wow, this curry is so spicy. Can you dial down on the chilli please?Ugh, he's always so arrogant in meetings. I really wish he'd dial it down a bit.

你正在收听的是 BBC 英语教学的地道英语节目以上我们一起学习了如何使用 dial down 这个表达 dial down 的字面意思是调低音量但在日常交流中 dial down 可以用来比喻降低或缓和某式的强烈程度

在口语交流中,有时我们也可能会用 dial back 来表达和 dial down 相同的意思。Yes, for example, a sports team might decide to dial up the pressure on their opponents to make sure they win a game.

和 dial down 意思相反的表达是 dial up,它的意思就是增强或者提高某事的强烈程度。And if you want to dial up your efforts to learn English,make sure you come back next time.See you then.Bye bye.