tone

I tried to use a sympathetic tone of voice.

我试着用一种同情的语气说话。

Don't speak to me in that tone of voice (= angrily), young lady!

小姐，别用那种语气跟我说话！

It wasn't so much what she said that annoyed me – it was her tone.

让我生气的不是她所说的话，而是她说话的语气。

She recounted the story to me in shocked tones (= in a shocked voice).

她用震惊的语气向我叙述了这件事。

I could hear the low tones of my parents talking in the next room.

我听到我父母在隔壁房间低声说话。

For more than half a century, the reassuring tones of BBC newscasters have informed British television viewers about world events.

半个多世纪以来，英国广播公司的播音员用沉稳的语调向英国电视观众报道世界大事。

I didn't like the jokey tone of the article – I thought it was inappropriate.

我不喜欢这篇文章的搞笑风格——我觉得这不恰当。

Trust you to lower the tone of the evening by telling disgusting jokes, Mark!

马克，你讲粗俗的笑话肯定会把晚会的格调降下去！

Both candidates need to raise the tone of the campaign, as the electorate is tired of negative campaigning.

两位候选人都得提高活动格调，因为选民们已经受够了负面的竞选宣传。

He was in a very bad mood when he arrived, and that set the tone for the whole meeting.

他到的时候情绪很不好，这就决定了整个会议的气氛。

warm tones of brown and yellow

棕色和黄色这种暖色调

After you've had a baby you lose the muscle tone in your stomach.

你生完孩子后，腹部的肌肉就失去了弹性。

The interval from G to A is a whole tone.

从 G 到 A 的音程是一个全音。

the beautiful rich tones of his tenor voice

他那美妙浑厚的男高音

I've called him several times but I keep getting the engaged tone.

我已经给他打了几次电话，但每次听到的都是忙音。

Please wait until you hear the dialling tone (= the sound that a phone makes when it is ready to be used).

请等到您听到拨号音。

This is a good exercise for toning up the thighs.

这种锻炼对增强大腿肌肉有好处。