每日商务英语 第463期:简化
to dumb down something 简化(非正式)
英文释义
(INFORMAL) To simplify something so that it will be extremely easy to understand by uneducated people. (NOTE: usually derogatory)
例句
I think the film director unfortunately felt the need to dumb down the beautiful old novel's complicated love story so he could make a popular movie out of it.
我认为,这部电影的导演不幸地感到,有必要将这部优美旧小说的复杂爱情故事简化一下,以便能拍成一部流行电影。
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