They spoke in muted voices.

他们轻声说着话。

He muted the strings with his palm.

他用手掌抹琴弦消音。

The proposals received only a muted response.

这些提案没有得到明确的回应。

The house seemed muted, hushed as if it had been deserted.

这房子悄无声息，好像一直没有人居住。

"Yes," he muttered, his voice so muted I hardly heard his reply.

“是啊，”他轻声说道，声音轻得我几乎听不到他的回答。

The threat contrasted starkly with his administration's previous muted criticism.

这恐吓与他执政当局先前温和的批评形成了鲜明的对比。

The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom.

腐败看来没有减缓该国持续的经济繁荣。

Cobalt ores found in China have a high manganese content, which produces a more muted blue-gray color.

中国发现的钴矿含锰量高，因此呈现出较弱的蓝灰色。

The social network will let users "mute" messages from other users on their timelines without the muted person's knowledge, thereby avoiding the awkward.

该社交网络允许用户在其他用户不知情的情况下设置其消息免打扰，从而避免尴尬。

In Europe, taxes account for up to four-fifths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past.

在欧洲，税收占汽油零售价的比例高达五分之四，因此，即使是原油价格发生了相当大的波动，对油品价格的影响也比过去要更轻微。

And yet the noise is oddly muted.

但奇怪的是，这轰隆声却变弱了。

Mr Balls was more muted.

波尔斯先生更加沉默了。

They muted the propaganda campaign later.

后来，他们降低了宣传运动的调子。

The official US reaction was more muted.

美国官方反应却更加冷漠。

So far, the public outcry has been muted.

至今，公众的呼声均被迫消音。

Public support for high-speed trains is muted.

公众对高铁建设缺乏支持。

Criticism of Germany, by comparison, is muted.

相比之下，德国人的指责就显得不痛不痒了。

This time, the response may not be quite so muted.

这时，公众的反应就不会是如此悄无声息了。

But for a historic occasion, it was strangely muted.

但是作为一个历史性场景，它低调地有些古怪。

Rather the signals they get are often scrambled or muted.

而是他们得到的信号往往很混杂，或者说是很轻微。

It is hardly surprising if the rhetoric has become more muted.

如果争论变得更加不激烈，这不足为奇。

The economic effects of the bankruptcy will probably be muted.

CIT破产对经济的影响可能会比较小。

Although the recession may be over, celebrations will be muted.

虽然衰退可能已经结束，但是庆祝为时尚早。

In striking contrast to the east, scenes of elation were muted.

和东边相比，这里兴高采烈的场景明显沉静了些。

The reaction of educational experts to the deal has been muted.

教育专家对新协定的反应基本被哑声了。

Even in the muted light, he looked like he felt . . . utterly spent.

即使在柔和的灯光下，他看上去似乎...他感觉彻底精疲力尽了。

The announcement was greeted with a muted sigh of disappointment.

这个宣告却迎来人们充满失望的暗自叹息。

Yet, all I could feel was a numbness, as dull and muted as the sky.

然而，我能感受到的全是麻木，如天空一般的迟钝和缄默。

On the streets of Athens Thursday, normal workday activity was muted.

周四在雅典街头，正常的工作日活动没有了。