tone
英 [t??n]
美[ton]
- n. 語氣；色調；音調；音色
- vt. 增強；用某種調子說
- vi. 顏色調和；呈現悅目色調
- n. (Tone)人名；(羅、塞、乍)托內；(英)托恩
考試真題
- 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月閱讀原文
- 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月四級真題（第一套）閱讀 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月閱讀原文
- 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月閱讀原文
- But Delia was careful not to adopt the defensive tone.
出自-2012年12月聽力原文
- 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月六級真題（第一套）聽力 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年考研真題（英語一）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年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
