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low key
Someone or something that is relatively calm, placid or not full of excitement.
key这个词其实可以翻译成“调”,比如音乐里的声调(tone of voice, pitch),或者图像里的色调(the tone of a picture with regard to lightness or darkness or intensity of color),low-key在图像里面就表示主基调为黑色、灰色等等。
A photographic image, painting or movie can be defined as "low key" if its dominant values are black, dark brown or dark blue.
所以,用low key来形容人的话就表示这个人很低调,不张扬。
1
She"s an extremely talented but quite low key singer.
她是一位异常有才华但却非常低调的歌手。
2
We had to keep it quite low key because it was being filmed.
我们得保持低调,因为全程都有录像。
翻译小测验
如果你掌握了这个短语,请在评论区用“low key”进行造句吧:
他想让婚礼保持低调。
上期答案
你得到这种机会真是千载难逢。
You get a chance like this only once in a blue moon.
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