变凉; 凉一凉
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B：What leadership qualities did you develop as an administrative personnel？
作为行政人员，你有什么样的领导才能？
A：I feel that learning how to motivate people and to work together as a team will be the major goal of my leadership./I have refined my management style by using an open-door policy.
我觉得学习如何把人们的积极性调动起来，以及如何配合协同的团队精神，是我行政工作的主要目标。/我以开放式的政策，改进我的行政管理方式。
B：How do you normally handle criticism？
你通常如何处理別人的批评？
A：Silence is golden. Just don't say anything; otherwise the situation could become worse. I do, however, accept constructive criticism. /When we cool off, we will discuss it later.
沈默是金。不必说什么，否则情况更糟，不过我会接受建设性的批评。/我会等大家冷靜下来再讨论。
1. (使)变凉;(使)凉快下来
If someone or something cools off, or if you cool them off, they become cooler after having been hot.
e.g. Maybe he's trying to cool off out there in the rain...
可能他是想在雨里凉快一下。
e.g. She made a fanning motion, pretending to cool herself off...
她做了个扇风的动作，假装想让自己凉快一点。
1. Slurp complimentary shots of eggnog, crunch on candy canes and cool off with snow cones while grooving to hot tunes.
2. A carnival that promises to help participants cool off in summer has been underway since July 17 in Zhejiang province's scenic Grand Tianmu Canyon.
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3. There is some talk of imposing a capital gains tax to cool off speculation, which alarms investors.
4. There has also been some talk of imposing a capital gains tax to cool off speculation.
5. He's really coming off like a cool low maintenance guy, and with everything that went down with Charlie everyone is breathing a sigh of relief.
6. But now that the sizzling economy needs to cool off, it is not surprising that the central bank has started to apply the brakes.
7. Shopkeepers used to turn off the light and doze in the early afternoon, when it was cool and quiet.
8. " Investors should cool off and examine these stocks carefully, " Liu said.
9. There is no better place to cool off than Beijing Xiedao Resort, where the first Beijing International Beer Festival begins on July 16.
10. That move was an attempt to cool off local officials'fever to sell land by reducing the profits they could earn.
verb
1. lose intensity
e.g. His enthusiasm cooled considerably
2. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
e.g. After the fight both men need to cool off.
It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
Synonym: calm calm down chill out simmer down settle down cool it
3. feel less enamoured of something or somebody