soft-pedal单词基本解析：

v.弱音踏板

v.弱音踏板；

soft-pedal变化用词：

第三人称单数:soft-pedals;过去式:soft-pedalled;过去分词:soft-pedalled;现在分词:soft-pedalling;
动词过去式: soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled | 动词过去分词: soft-pedaled/soft-pedalled | 动词现在分词: softpedaling/soft-pedalling | 动词第三人称单数: soft-pedals/soft-pedals |
过去式：soft pedalled过去分词：soft pedalled现在分词：soft pedalling第三人称单数：soft pedals

soft-pedal英英释义：

Verb

1. play down or obscure;

"His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"

名词 soft-pedal:

a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound

同义词：soft pedal

动词 soft-pedal:

play down or obscuresoft pedal[ ,sɔft'pedəl, ,sɔ:- ]n.a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound

同义词：soft pedal

v.play down or obscure

"His advisers soft pedaled the president's blunder"

soft-pedal中文词源：

soft-pedal用法和例句：

He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal.

他拒绝降低对这起丑闻的调查力度。

柯林斯例句

soft-pedal

The government has been soft pedalling (on) the question of teachers' pay.
政府一直低调处理教师的工资问题。

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