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

• But he should not downplay the strategic dimension of foreign policy.
  但他不应淡化外交政策的战略层面。
• In general, people downplay their unhealthy habits, preferring instead to blame disease on factors beyond their control: their genes or environmental factors such as mobile phones or radiation.
  一般来说，人们会低估自己的不良习惯的影响，而偏向将病因归结于那些他们无法控制的因素，比如基因或手机、辐射等环境因素。
• It is easy to downplay the importance of work that feels meaningful.
  忽视你感觉很重要的工作的重要性是很容易的。
• Now, there are a lot of folks, a lot of skeptics who often downplay the effectiveness of multilateral action.
  现在有许多人，也有许多质疑者经常贬低多边行动的有效性。
• And I don't mean to downplay engineering at all.
  我不是说要贬低工程工作。
• Which does he downplay or ignore altogether?
  又轻描淡写或完全忽略了哪些？
• 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。
• 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。
• The government is trying to downplay the violence.
  政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。
• 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。