tone
英 [təʊn]
美[ton]
- n. 语气；色调；音调；音色
- vt. 增强；用某种调子说
- vi. 颜色调和；呈现悦目色调
- n. (Tone)人名；(罗、塞、乍)托内；(英)托恩
考试真题
- In the past, falling oil prices have given a boost to the world economy, but recent forecasts for global growth have been toned down, even as oil prices sink lower and lower.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- Sasaki re-ran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly timed of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night.
2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- One prevalent quality we have found in teens' statements about themselves, their friends and their families is a strikingly positive emotional tone.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- Behind the differences in sex, skin tones and mother tongues, there are common attitudes, expectations and ambitions which risk creating a set of clones among the business leaders of the future.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文
- But Delia was careful not to adopt the defensive tone.
出自-2012年12月听力原文
- Because it's such a pity if you start off on a bright tone on a story and suddenly realize you are talking about some people having been killed in a road crash.
2015年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- Studies dating back to the 1930's indicate that laughter relaxes muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down.
2011年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ
- That might seem rather an obscure point, but it sets the tone for an exhibition that contains a lot of black-and-white photographs and relatively few natural objects.
2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
