Brooklyn Nine-Nine · シーズン 1
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UNDERCUT YOUR TONE

削弱了语气 / 冲淡了气势

「undercut」在这里是削弱、损害的意思,指小狗的可爱让 Holt 警长原本严肃的训斥变得不那么有威慑力了。就像是他的「tone」(语气)被「undercut」(削弱)了。

I'M SORRY. THOSE PUPPIES ARE SO CUTE.
THEY DO UNDERCUT YOUR TONE A BIT, SIR.
(Terry) BUT ON THE PLUS SIDE, I THINK I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.