中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒337

[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))。