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

• 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。
• Since we have to understand their special feelings of love can not have too much, nor have the time due, but to downplay and belittle love.
  因为我们要懂爱情因其特殊情感不可能拥有太多，也不因是否拥有时，而对爱进行淡化与贬低。
• And I don't mean to downplay engineering at all.
  我不是说要贬低工程工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• Which does he downplay or ignore altogether?
  又轻描淡写或完全忽略了哪些？
• 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。
• 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。
• Jonathan Pershing, the US chief negotiator at Copenhagen, tried to downplay America's contribution to climate change.
  美国哥本哈根主要谈判代表试图去低调处理美国对于气候变迁的‘贡献’。
• 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。