English Dictionary

dumb down

動詞

慣用表現 他動詞 自動詞

(idiomatic, transitive) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.

日本語の意味

（対象の内容を、技術的・学術的な言葉を避け、理解しやすい単純な表現に変える）単純化する、易しく説明する / 特に時には、相手を見下すような態度で知識や難解な内容を低下させる、つまり知性への要求を下げる

Please don't dumb down the presentation; our audience can handle the technical details.

プレゼンテーションを見下すように噛み砕いて説明しないでください。聴衆は専門的な詳細を十分に理解できます。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, transitive) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.

The public won't understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, intransitive) To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic.

Television has really dumbed down over the past ten years.

dumbs down （ present singular third-person ）

dumbing down （ participle present ）

dumbed down （ participle past ）

dumbed down （ past ）