"Dull the edge of" nghĩa là gì?

Kinh doanh nhỏ lẻ dễ "chết" vì COVID. Photo by Nguyễn Khanh from Pexels

"Dull the edge of (something)" = làm mờ viền -> nghĩa là giảm bớt nghiêm trọng/hiệu quả hoặc bớt đi thú vị...

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But whatever hooks make their way into the album, they never dull the edge of the lyrics.

"These are much tougher to answer, but the gains in equities (vốn chủ sở hữu) over the past six weeks have been built on the idea that massive stimulus efforts will dull the edge of this crisis and promote a faster recovery," he said in a note to clients.

These payoffs were supposed to dull the edge of the protests and keep the capitalist (tư bản) system safe from pitchfork-wielding mobs (đám đông giận giữ). Oddly enough, they didn’t seem to be making much headway in light of the continuing worries about capitalist instability.

Hilton believes that many small businesses, weighed down by the debts incurred during lockdown, will go bust (phá sản). Or, if they survive, he said, they’ll face a far more challenging economic climate in the future. The massive intervention by the state — pumping hundreds of billions into supporting businesses and jobs — means that big government and much heavier regulation are on the way, and that will, inevitably, dull the edge of enterprise.


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