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

• As well as masking his level of influence today, his low-key style contrasts sharply with his record.
  他的低调作风不仅掩盖了他现今的影响力，还与他的履历形成鲜明对比。
• I want to be care, but not too stressed. I want a low-key life.
  我想被在乎，却不想太高调。我要低调做人。
• I just want to remain low-key at the party.
  我只想在晚会上保持低调。
• This creates a certain comfortable energy around you, and it encourages low-key conversations.
  这样肯定能给你产生一种舒适的能量，这种能量能够维持低调的交流。
• Even a low-key vetting process would, however, be resistedby the British government.
  然而，即便是低调的审查程序也会受到英国政府的抵制。
• 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。
• 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。
• Is not a high-profile magnificent leap, before substantial loss of low-key;
  是不是飞跃了高调的华丽，才失去了低调的殷实；
• Oh, can be attributed to hut, it makes me more and more low-key crowd.
  呵呵，应该归功于小屋，它让我在人群中越来越多的低调。
• He wanted to keep the meetings low-key.
  他不希望将会议扩大。