320. 適當(dāng)保持低調(diào)是維護(hù)好的公眾形象的竅門。
[誤] To keep an adequately low tone is a tip to maintain good public impression.
[正] To be adequately low-keyed is a tip to maintain good public impression.
注:tone 指“音調(diào)”或“口氣”,是實(shí)指。如:She always speaks with a rising tone(她講話總是用升調(diào))。而這里的“低調(diào)”是“不張揚(yáng)”的意思,應(yīng)用 low- keyed 或 low-key。如:The wedding is a very low-key affair/The wedding is very low-keyed(婚禮辦得很低
調(diào))。