英语释义

1. to establish a quality, feeling, or attitude by a manner of speaking or writing
Her lighthearted question set the tone for the rest of the interview.

片语

set the tone for为……设置音调

set the tone detail定下基调

set the tone of定

to set the tone定调

call the tune掌权，有决定权；定调子，发号施令；操纵

英汉例句

• charles grassley, a senior republican, set the tone by suggesting that aig executives apologise japanese-style, first bowing and then perhaps committing suicide.

  charlesgrassley,一位资深的共和党人定下了基调，建议说，aig高管们应该像日本人那样道歉，首先鞠躬，然后可能就是自我了结。

• mr sarkozy「s management of them will set the tone for the remainder of his presidency.

  怎样处理这些问题，将为他余下的总统生涯确定基调。

• the president, of course, has set the tone himself: only 47 when he was sworn in, he is the fifth-youngest of the 43 men to have held his office.

  当然这位美国总统，本身就是楷模：年仅47岁就宣誓就职。美国历史上的43位总统，当选时比他年轻的只有四位。

• israeli officials wondered privately yesterday whether he had set the tone of the report, or was swept along by other mission members and staffers.

  昨天，以色列官员们暗自思忖高尔德斯特是否以这种态度在报告中做词，或者代表团其他成员和工作者将这种态度逐步泯灭。

• guys were in attack mode right for the outset, and i thought we just did a really good job of being the aggressor early which set the tone for the game.

  小伙子们一开始就进入了进攻状态。我认为我们只是在进攻方面做的非常出色，这让我们始终掌握着比赛的节奏。

• however, a good cover design is a great way to set the tone for the entire presentation.

  然而，一个好的封面设计是树立整篇演示基调的极佳方式。

• bernanke」s speech will set the tone for markets: a very dovish bernanke will likely deal another blow to the dollar, whereas, a less dovish ben may well see some risk being taken off the table.

  伯南克讲话将设定市场基调：态度非常温和或将再次打击美元，而相对不那么「软弱」的态度将导致冒险情绪一定程度降温。

• in 1832, turner made a second trip to venice that filled his imagination and set the tone for the rest of the decade.

  1832年，透纳再次来到了威尼斯，这次旅行使他充满了想象力并为他以后十年间的画风奠定了基调。

• those three guys really set the tone and paved the way for other teams to fall in line.

  那三个家伙真的为其他球队树立了榜样并铺平了道路。

• the cover may seem like it’s only a tiny part of the battle, but you’ve actually already set the tone for the entire presentation.

  设计幻灯片首页似乎只完成了整份工作中的一小部分，但是实际上你已经为整个幻灯片定下了基调。

• it set the tone for the entire market.

  它给整个平板市场定了调子。

• the education model reform and experimental open education program implemented by the china central radio and tv university helps to set the tone for the development of r&t education in china.

  「中央广播电视大学人才培育模式改革和开放教育试点」项目的开展，确立了中国广播电视教育的发展方向。

• this being a presidential election year, the resulting mix of control of the presidency and congress will set the tone for policymaking for the next two-to-four years.

  因为这也是个总统选举年，所以总统选举和国会选举的共同结果也会为未来二到四年的政策制定确定口径。

• he set the tone and direction for a young company called nike, and today those same words inspire a new generation of nike employees.

  他为耐克的童年奠定了发展的基调和方向，而现如今这些声音依然激蕩在一代又一代的耐克员工耳畔，鼓舞着他们前进。

• when we beat man u early a couple of years ago it set the tone and getting these big ones out the way, especially if we win, other teams looking in take notice.

  他说：「当我们几年前击败曼联的时候，就奠定了基调，那些强大的队伍就会对我们另眼相看。」

• greece set the tone when it lied about its circumstances and lived beyond its means (see map and charts).

  当希腊隐瞒了自己的情况时，就开始定下不好的基调；

• the arab spring at the beginning of the year set the tone – with the fall of the tunisian and egyptian regimes, now followed by the ousting of muammer gaddafi in libya and the insurrection in syria.

  年初的「阿拉伯之春（arabspring）」为全年定下了基调：在突尼斯和埃及政权垮台后，如今，利比亚的穆阿迈尔?卡扎菲（muammergaddafi）被赶下了台，而叙利亚也爆发了动乱。