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make less extreme

  • 1 mäßigen

    I v/t (Meinungen, Ansprüche etc.) moderate; (Zorn, Hass etc.) curb; (Kritik, Worte) tone down; das Tempo mäßigen slow down, reduce (one’s) speed; mäßigend auf jemanden einwirken have a moderating ( oder restraining) influence on s.o.
    II v/refl
    1. (maßvoller werden) Person: restrain ( oder control) o.s.; sich beim Essen etc. mäßigen cut down on food etc.; könntest du dich etwas mäßigen? iro. could you exercise a bit of self-control ( oder restraint) ?; sich im Ton / in seinen Worten mäßigen moderate one’s tone / language
    2. (sich abschwächen) Wind: moderate, slacken; Hitze: grow less intense; gemäßigt
    * * *
    to cool; to modify
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    mä|ßi|gen ['mɛːsɪgn]
    1. vt
    (= mildern) Anforderungen to moderate; Sprache auch to tone down; Zorn, Ungeduld to curb, to check

    sein Tempo mä́ßigen — to slacken one's pace, to slow down

    See:
    → auch gemäßigt
    2. vr
    (im Essen, Trinken, Temperament) to restrain or control oneself; (Sturm) to abate, to die down

    mä́ßigen Sie sich! — control yourself!

    sich in seinem Temperament mä́ßigen — to control or restrain oneself

    sich im Ton mä́ßigen — to moderate one's tone

    mä́ßigen Sie sich in Ihren Worten! — tone down your language!

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    1) ((often with off) to make or become less strong, less severe, less fast etc: The pain has eased (off); The driver eased off as he approached the town.) ease
    2) (to make or become less extreme: He was forced to moderate his demands; Gradually the pain moderated.) moderate
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    mä·ßi·gen
    [ˈmɛ:sɪgn̩]
    I. vt
    ▪ etw \mäßigen to curb [or check] [or restrain] sth
    seine Stimme \mäßigen to lower one's voice
    II. vr
    1. (maßvoller werden)
    ▪ sich akk \mäßigen to restrain [or control] oneself
    2. (zurückhaltender werden)
    ▪ sich akk [in seinen Ausdrücken/Worten] \mäßigen to tone down [one's language]
    * * *
    reflexives Verb (geh.)
    1) practise or exercise moderation ( bei in)
    2) (sich beherrschen) control or restrain oneself
    * * *
    A. v/t (Meinungen, Ansprüche etc) moderate; (Zorn, Hass etc) curb; (Kritik, Worte) tone down;
    das Tempo mäßigen slow down, reduce (one’s) speed;
    mäßigend auf jemanden einwirken have a moderating ( oder restraining) influence on sb
    B. v/r
    1. (maßvoller werden) Person: restrain ( oder control) o.s.;
    mäßigen cut down on food etc;
    könntest du dich etwas mäßigen? iron could you exercise a bit of self-control ( oder restraint) ?;
    sich im Ton/in seinen Worten mäßigen moderate one’s tone/language
    2. (sich abschwächen) Wind: moderate, slacken; Hitze: grow less intense; → gemäßigt
    * * *
    reflexives Verb (geh.)
    1) practise or exercise moderation ( bei in)
    2) (sich beherrschen) control or restrain oneself
    * * *
    v.
    to temper v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > mäßigen

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