low-key

英 [ˌləʊ ˈkiː]

美 [ˌloʊ ˈkiː]

adj.  低调的; 不招摇的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 低调的；不招摇的
  not intended to attract a lot of attention
  1. Their wedding was a very low-key affair.
     他们的婚礼办得很低调。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 低调的；小规模的
  If you say that something islow-key, you mean that it is on a small scale rather than involving a lot of activity or being made to seem impressive or important.
  1. The wedding will be a very low-key affair...
     婚礼将低调举行。
  2. He wanted to keep the meetings low-key.
     他不希望将会议扩大。

英英释义

adj

• restrained in style or quality
  1. a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence
  Synonym:low-keyedsubdued

双语例句

• His television address to the American people on the action in Libya was careful and low-key.
  在对利比亚采取军事行动一事上，他对美国人民发表的电视讲话措辞谨慎低调。
• The wedding will be a very low-key affair
  婚礼将低调举行。
• I want to let the world know, I very low-key.
  我要让全世界知道，我很低调。
• Yesterday afternoon in the adaptation training, Tan-song look at the entire training process are very low-key.
  在昨日下午的适应性训练中，谭望嵩在整个训练过程中都显得很低调。
• But diplomats and many UNESCO staff have expressed surprise at what they see as a low-key appointment.
  但是外交人士和UNESCO的许多职员表达了对于这样一种低调的任命的惊讶。
• I just want to remain low-key at the party.
  我只想在晚会上保持低调。
• He wanted to keep the meetings low-key.
  他不希望将会议扩大。
• I think there are two key factors involved: low-key color and fuzzy boundary.
  认为有二点：低调颜色和模糊的界限。
• America must make this as low-key as possible.
  美国必须尽可能低调促成此事。
• Keep your plans low-key, and keep in mind that change is good!
  将自己计划制定得低调一些，记住，改变对你来说是好的！