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soft-ped·al /ˌ· ˈ··/v [l,t] -lled, -lling bre 【英】, -led, -ling ame 【美】informal to make something seem less important and spend less time trying to achieve it 【非正式】 使［某事］显得较不重要，淡化; 花较少时间处理:◇the government has decided to soft-pedal on welfare reform for a while. 政府决定暂时放慢福利制度改革的步伐。 |