tempering

常见例句

But tempering alone is usually not enough.
但是单纯的退火是不够的。
The judge has admitted that he was “overhasty” in tempering his criticisms.
法官承认他当时在缓和他的意见时有些过于草率。
Tempering this bleak message, official statistics published this week showed that the economy was still growing respectably in the final three months of 2007.
（彷佛是）缓和这个残酷的消息，本周官方发布的统计数字表明2007年最后三个月的经济仍然有可观的增长。

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