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
- 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 would be irresponsible for me to downplay the magnitude of this crisis or assure you that everything is under control.
如果我缩小这次危机的严重性或向你们保证一切都在控制之中，就是不负责任的。 - 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。 - Which does he downplay or ignore altogether?
又轻描淡写或完全忽略了哪些？ - And I don't mean to downplay engineering at all.
我不是说要贬低工程工作。 - Secondly, we cannot downplay the problems that might be caused by cell phone in driving.
论者也没有提供资料说明这类事故与开车打手机导致的事故有何种可比性。 - He even seemed to downplay Mr Putin's role in the KGB, saying that every country needed an intelligence service.
他甚至淡化普京在克格勃里的角色，他说每个国家都需要一个情报系统。 - 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。 - Lookingthe bright side may even hurt teenagers, say some experts, because it can make them downplay the risks posed by smoking and drug abuse.
一些专家称，看到乐观的一面甚至会伤害到青少年，因为这会使他们忽视吸烟和毒品引起的危害。