dial down

/ˈdaɪəl daʊn/· phrasal verb

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dial down
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Chinese meaning

调diào低dī;减jiǎn弱ruò(程chéng度dù、强qiáng度dù)

降jiàng低dī某mǒu事shì物wù的de强qiáng度dù或huò效xiào果guǒ

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Meta 淡dàn化huà AI 令lìng人rén害hài怕pà的de一yí面miàn

Example

So for its new AI agent Muse and an associated device, Meta is dialing down the fear factor and cranking up the cute.

所suǒ以yǐ在zài推tuī出chū新xīn的de AI 智zhì能néng体tǐ Muse 和hé配pèi套tào设shè备bèi时shí,Meta 淡dàn化huà了le恐kǒng惧jù感gǎn,把bǎ可kě爱ài感gǎn拉lā满mǎn。

Source: Fast Company · 24 Sep 2026

Background ✎

Meta 发fā布bù新xīn的de AI 智zhì能néng体tǐ Muse 和hé配pèi套tào手shǒu持chí设shè备bèi Muse Charm,用yòng可kě爱ài的de卡kǎ通tōng形xíng象xiàng来lái包bāo装zhuāng AI。公gōng众zhòng越yuè来lái越yuè担dān心xīn AI 会huì导dǎo致zhì大dà规guī模mó失shī业yè甚shèn至zhì人rén类lèi灭miè绝jué,Meta 因yīn此cǐ选xuǎn择zé淡dàn化huà恐kǒng惧jù感gǎn。

Roots · etymology

dial 指旋钮,转旋钮调低

  • dial(旋钮)+ down(向下)

Collocations

  • dial down the rhetoric / dial down the pressure / dial down expectations

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