downplay
英 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ]
美 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ]
v. 对…轻描淡写; 使轻视; 贬低
现在分词：downplaying 过去式：downplayed 过去分词：downplayed 第三人称单数：downplays
Collins.1 / BNC.33706 / COCA.9908
牛津词典
verb
- 对…轻描淡写；使轻视；贬低
to make people think that sth is less important than it really is- The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance.
教练对这个队的拙劣表现不以为然。
- The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 对…轻描淡写;使轻视;贬低
If youdownplaya fact or feature, you try to make people think that it is less important or serious than it really is.- The government is trying to downplay the violence.
政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。 - ...to downplay the dangers of nuclear accidents.
对核事故的危险轻描淡写
- The government is trying to downplay the violence.
英英释义
verb
- understate the importance or quality of
- he played down his royal ancestry
- represent as less significant or important
双语例句
- This separation leads us to downplay the political consequences of long-term economic weakness.
政经分离使我们低估了长期经济疲弱带来的政治后果。 - And I don't mean to downplay engineering at all.
我不是说要贬低工程工作。 - But my life this unique and incredible experience is what I want to downplay it.
但我人生中这段与众不同且不可思议的经历恰恰是我想淡化的。 - As we make our way through the paces of our work and home lives, it's easy to downplay or put off things that have nothing to do with keeping on schedule or paying the bills.
在一步步完成工作和家庭生活各个环节的同时，我们很容易忽视甚至推延那些和日常日程或费用不相干的事。 - The government is trying to downplay the violence.
政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。 - Critics could argue that these arguments downplay the risks of a "sudden stop" in financial markets.
批评人士可能辩称，这些论点淡化了金融市场“突然停滞”的风险。 - It's also that, when this less flattering data came to light in2007, some researchers tried to downplay it.
而是在2007年这个并不讨好的数据出现的时候，有些专家试图低调处理它。 - Every time something wonderful happens to you, you downplay it.
你每次有什么好事都很低调。 - One more argument to downplay protectionism can be discounted.
我们不能轻信任何有意低估保护主义的说法。 - Taipei, whose relations with Beijing have also been on the mend, moved to downplay the incident.
近年来与北京方面关系同样出现回暖的台北方面，采取行动淡化这一事件的影响。