tone up sth / tone sth up
tone up 是可分的短语动词,宾语可放在 up 之前或之后;若宾语是代词,必须放在中间,如 tone them up。
She does strength training to tone up her arms.
她做力量训练来让手臂更紧实。
调色;给…着色;定调;使具有某种色调/特征;以做作的语气说出;赋予特定的音调;改变颜色
to make something firmer, especially muscles
常指通过锻炼使身体部位紧实
赋予特定的音调
to give a particular tone to
改变颜色
to change the colour of
使(某物)更紧实
to make (something) firmer
用做作的语调说话
to utter with an affected tone.
一般现在时
She tones her muscles every morning.
她每天早上锻炼肌肉。
一般过去时
He toned down his speech last night.
他昨晚缓和了演讲的语气。
现在完成时
They have toned the room with warm colors.
他们用暖色调调整了房间的色调。
I do yoga twice a week to tone my arms and legs.
我每周做两次瑜伽来使我的手臂和腿部肌肉结实。
用法提示:tone在这里是动词,表示“使(肌肉)结实、健美”。
She has been toning her core with these new exercises.
她一直在用这些新动作来锻炼腹部肌肉,使之结实。
用法提示:toning是动词tone的现在分词形式,表示“使…结实”的动作。
Regular swimming tones the whole body without putting stress on the joints.
经常游泳能使全身肌肉结实,而且不会给关节带来压力。
用法提示:tones是动词tone的第三人称单数形式,表示“使(身体)结实”。
tone up 是可分的短语动词,宾语可放在 up 之前或之后;若宾语是代词,必须放在中间,如 tone them up。
She does strength training to tone up her arms.
她做力量训练来让手臂更紧实。
作及物动词,直接跟身体部位或肌肉作宾语,表示使其更结实。
Regular exercise tones the body and improves posture.
经常锻炼能使身体变得紧实,并改善体态。
此义项指改变照片或画面的颜色,常用颜色词作宾语补足语,如 tone the print blue。
The photographer toned the black-and-white print sepia.
摄影师把这张黑白照片调成了深棕色。
firm 是最接近 tone 的同义词,常与 up 连用(如 firm up the muscles),但更侧重于肌肉变得紧实,语气比 tone 更具体。
tighten 强调“绷紧、拉紧”,可用于肌肉或物体,但用于身体塑形时不如 tone 常见,且可能暗示过度紧张。
grammar · medium
易错句子After months of training, his arms are very tone and strong.
正确表达After months of training, his arms are very toned and strong.
tone 是动词,不能直接当形容词用;要描述练出来的结实状态,需用过去分词转化的形容词 toned。汉语里“结实、紧实”本身是形容词,学生容易直接把动词 tone 当形容词,漏掉 -ed。
grammar · medium
易错句子Please tone the guitar before the concert starts.
正确表达Please tune the guitar before the concert starts.
表示“给乐器调音”要用 tune,不能用 tone;tone 作动词是“赋予某种色调或音色、使更紧实”。汉语的“调”同时对应 tune 和 tone,因此容易混淆这两个词。
grammar · medium
易错句子Last month she tone her hair a lighter brown.
正确表达Last month she toned her hair a lighter brown.
句中说的是上个月已发生的事,动词要用过去式 toned,而不能用原形 tone。汉语动词没有时态变化,学生常忘记加 -ed。
针对动词 tone 表示“使(肌肉等)紧实”的义项;soften 表示使其变得不紧实/松弛,不适用于“给…定调”等其他义项。
使(肌肉)结实健美
I've started running to tone up before summer.
我开始了跑步,以便在夏天之前锻炼身材。
使皮肤紧致有弹性
Use this moisturizer to tone and hydrate your skin.
使用这款润肤霜来紧致并滋润你的皮肤。
给照片调色
You can tone a photograph using a sepia filter.
你可以用怀旧棕褐滤镜给照片调色。
缓和;降低(言论等的)激烈程度
The manager asked him to tone down his criticism.
经理让他把批评说得委婉一些。
使(肌肉)变结实;加强
These exercises will help you tone up your thigh muscles.
这些锻炼有助于增强你大腿肌肉的紧实度。
与…协调;与…相配
The curtains tone in with the carpet.
窗帘和地毯很协调。
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