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　

GRE

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
  1. The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance.
     教练对这个队的拙劣表现不以为然。

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.
  1. The government is trying to downplay the violence.
     政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。
  2. ...to downplay the dangers of nuclear accidents.
     对核事故的危险轻描淡写

英英释义

verb

• understate the importance or quality of
  1. he played down his royal ancestry
  Synonym:backgroundplay down
• represent as less significant or important
  Synonym:understateminimizeminimise

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• He also sought to downplay the importance of deposit taking.
  他也寻求淡化吸收存款的重要性。他说，我们还没考虑过存款的事，我们不打算追逐存款。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some people appear to downplay positive aspects of their situations to limit their expectations and help them feel less pressured.
  有些人似乎在低调处理自己处境中的积极方面为此来限制自己的期望值，帮助他们感到压力更少。
• Don't change along with time yes, this kind of injury will slowly downplay, after many years again recall, just abundant life of experience just.
  不是的，随着时间推移，这种伤害会慢慢淡化，许多年后再回忆，只是丰富了人生的经历罢了。
• The government is trying to downplay the violence.
  政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。
• And I don't mean to downplay engineering at all.
  我不是说要贬低工程工作。
• 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。