Brooklyn Nine-Nine · 第 1 季
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UNDERCUT YOUR TONE

削弱了語氣 / 沖淡了氣勢

「undercut」在這裡是削弱、損害的意思,指小狗的可愛讓 Holt 警長原本嚴肅的訓斥變得不那麼有威懾力了。就像是他的「tone」(語氣)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.