低調

有讀者問「低調」除了 Low-profile 外，可不可以用Low-key？可以，Low-key也解作「低調」，但它是「事情悄然進行」的意思，我們可以經常在廣告看到，例如Away from the coast, small concrete-block homes dot the scrubby terrain, and goats graze on brush。

The island is a low-key beachcomber's paradise是「這小島是低調的沙灘拾荒者的天堂」的意思。In a lowkey launch only set on the day, Toshiba is selling its HD-XA1 high-definition player for 110,000 yen (HK$7,271)是說「東芝低調推出新產品」。其他例子：The wedding will be a very low-key affair, with fewer than 30 people是「婚禮將低調進行，只有不到三十人參加」，The President made a low-key speech, hoping to calm the situation是「總統作了一次低調的演說，希望使形勢緩和下來」，The organization lent us support in its own low-key ways是「該組織以其特有的低調方式給予我們支持」。