v.弱音踏板;
例句:
He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal.
他拒绝降低对这起丑闻的调查力度。
His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder.
总统的顾问对总统的错误轻描淡写.
Television has been accused of soft-pedalling bad news.
有人指责电视对坏消息轻描淡写。