soft-pedaling

降低(音乐、声音等)的音量。

To reduce the volume of (music, a sound, etc.).

减弱(某事物的)力量或影响；抑制、消音；尤指淡化(某事物)不利的一面；轻描淡写,缓和。

To reduce the force or impact of (something); to damp, to mute; especially, to minimize the less desirable aspects of (something); to play down, to tone down.

通过轻描淡写来说服某人(某事),使听者认为其优点显而易见。

To attempt to persuade someone about (something) through understatement, so that the listener accepts the good points as obvious.

主要用于“on”后:以较不坚定或强硬的方式行事。

Chiefly followed by on: to act in a less assertive or forceful manner.