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

• The White House went out of its way to keep the meeting low-key.
  白宫出去的方式来保持低调的会议。
• He wanted to keep the meetings low-key.
  他不希望将会议扩大。
• She is a low-key and confident manager who gets the most out of people who work for her.
  她是一个低调且自信的管理者，她能够最有效的应用为他工作的员工。
• His interviewing style was on the low-key side.
  他在面试中显得很低调。
• That rich man in our town is a very low-key person.
  我们镇上的那个有钱人是个相当低调的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• I want to let the world know, I very low-key.
  我要让全世界知道，我很低调。
• 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 just want to remain low-key at the party.
  我只想在晚会上保持低调。