每日商務英語 第463期:簡化
to dumb down something 簡化(非正式)
英文釋義
(INFORMAL) To simplify something so that it will be extremely easy to understand by uneducated people. (NOTE: usually derogatory)
I think the film director unfortunately felt the need to dumb down the beautiful old novel's complicated love story so he could make a popular movie out of it.
我認為,這部電影的導演不幸地感到,有必要將這部優美舊小說的複雜愛情故事簡化一下,以便能拍成一部流行電影。