Chinese premier Wen Jiabao asked European Union leaders to tone down their attacks on Beijing in an escalating battle over the value of the world's key currencies, amid a meeting of Asian and European leaders in Brussels.
Merkel papers over coalition cracks with summery words Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a cheerful performance at her traditional pre-holiday press conference on Wednesday, despite facing questions about awful opinîon polls, fleeing state premiers and her fractious coalition.
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."
― from Elegy IX, "The Autumnal," The Complete English Poems ByJohn Donne
summery[sum・mer・y]
The adjective summery has one meaning:Meaning #1: belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer
Antonyms: autumnal (meaning #1), wintry (meaning #1), vernal (meaning #2)
- 発音記号[sʌ'məri]
tone down
Make less vivid, harsh, or violent; moderate. For example, That's a little too much rouge; I'd tone it down a bit, or Do you think I should tone down this letter of complaint? This idiom uses tone in the sense of "adjust the tone or quality of something," as does the antonym, tone up, meaning "brighten or strengthen." For example, These curtains will tone up the whole room, or This exercise is said to tone up the triceps. [Mid-1800s]
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