1. 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。
2. Some think it might be a dumbing-down process. 有些人认为它可能是一种方法简化的过程。
3. Middle-class teenagers are less intelligent than ageneration ago due to the dumbing down of youth culture and schooltests, a new study suggests. 最新研究显示，由于文化传播与校园教育的低能化，如今中产阶级家庭的青少年的智商要比他们的上代人偏低。
4. Perhaps the most unexpected benefit of Enterprise Web 2.0 manageability is the scope it provides for dumbing down constituent software elements. Enterprise Web 2.0 可管理性的最出乎意料的优点是，它为简化软件元素提供的范围。
5. Dumbing down the magnitude quickly followed, but in order to ensure the public did not notice, the USGS took control of all websites reporting quake statistics. 紧接着就是悄然降低地震的震级，但为了确保公众不会注意到，美国地质勘探局控制了所有报告地震统计的网站。
