名詞 soft pedal:

1. a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound

動詞 soft pedal:

1. play down or obscure
   同義詞：soft-pedal

1. Somebody is stealing stock form the warehouse but I'm going to soft pedal until I know who culprit is.
   有人在偷竊倉庫的庫存品，不過在我沒有認(rèn)出罪犯之前，我不打算聲張。