dumb down (dumbing,dumbed,dumber,dumbs,dumbest)

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  PHRASAL VERB（动词词组） If you dumb down something, you make it easier for people to understand, especially when this spoils it. 通俗化

  例：

  This sounded like a case for dumbing down the magazine, which no one favoured.

  这听起来像是一桩使杂志通俗化的事，没人赞成。