toning
present participle oftone
| 单词 | toning |
| 释义 | toning present participle oftone tone verb[T] uk/təʊn/us/toʊn/(alsotone up)If you tone apartof thebody, you make itfirmerandstronger, usually by doingphysicalexercise: This is a goodexercisefor toning up thethighs. Exercising & training
Phrasal verbstonesomethingdown tone in Examplesoftoningtoning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Hedging: an exploratory study of authors and readers identification of 'toningdown' in scientific texts. From theCambridge English Corpus In sum, the rise and legitimation of a far-reaching national administrative state has led to thetoningdown of presidential populist rhetoric. From theCambridge English Corpus Key among the revisions was the excising ortoningdown the sexuality and violence which so characterized the original score. From theCambridge English Corpus One could stipulate that perhapstoningup irregular past retrieval is in fact a relatively long, difficult, high-error process, lasting many tens to hundreds of responses. From theCambridge English Corpus He istoningup—if that is the right technical phraseology—and is also providing for the effect of the valuation lists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One can either do something abouttoningdown demand or, alternatively, increase the supply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It means removing, or at leasttoningdown, the criticisms as far as possible in order not to upset anybody. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I was nottoningdown what my right honourable friend said in his speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet this has not convinced me to vote in favour oftoningdown the present proposal. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English But thetoningdown has not been done well enough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it is an exaggerated case and wantstoningdown a little. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the amendment we have gone further than that intoningdown the clause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A sample bay has been decorated in order to determine the correct degree oftoningnecessary for the final work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Various suggestions have been made with a view totoningdown the very hard effect of this great increase. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Every concession mentioned in the debate, everytoningdown or modification of the fantastic demands that were originally made, is immediately qualified by a number of restrictions, modifications and exceptions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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