play down

英 [pleɪ daʊn]

美 [pleɪ daʊn]

降低…的重要性; 贬低; 淡化

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 降低…的重要性；贬低；淡化
  If youplay downsomething, you try to make people believe that it is not particularly important.
  1. Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports...
     西方外交官刻意贬低这些报告的重要性。
  2. He plays down rumours that he aims to become a Labour MP...
     他对那些说他想要成为工党下院议员的传言轻描淡写。
  3. Both London and Dublin are playing the matter down.
     伦敦和都柏林方面对此事都在有意淡化。

英英释义

verb

• understate the importance or quality of
  1. he played down his royal ancestry
  Synonym:backgrounddownplay

双语例句

• Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports
  西方外交官刻意贬低这些报告的重要性。
• Desperate for any job, they play down qualifications and experience in their applications.
  他们迫切想要得到工作，因此在申请时他们往往会贬低自己的资历和经验，降格以求。
• The reporter wrote the play down, as he had not liked it.
  那记者轻描淡写地评价了一下那个剧，因为它不喜欢它。
• You should not have let her play down by the old mine.
  你不应该让她去那儿玩的。
• Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters.
  政治家必须学会对选民放低身价。
• She tried to play down his part in the affair and play up her own.
  她想贬低他在这件事里起的作用，夸大自己的作用。
• He tried to play down my part in the work and play up his own.
  他极力贬低我在这工作中的作用，而拼命抬高他自己的份量。
• Gobang Terminator is a Gobang the game, nothing to play down the play.
  五子棋终结者，是个五子棋的小游戏，没事就下来玩了玩。
• You play down, you could end up losing.
  发挥不好你就可能输掉。
• We must not play down these feelings of fear and uncertainty, and I certainly won't do that.
  我们决不能贬低人们恐惧与不安的感受，我的确不能那样做。