downplays

英 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪz]

美 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪz]

v.  对…轻描淡写; 使轻视; 贬低
downplay的第三人称单数

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

双语例句

• Normal testing downplays the importance of skill by focusing on the format of test documentation rather than the robustness of tests.
  普通测试不重视测试技巧的重要性，它更多关注测试文档的格式而不是测试的健壮性。
• Now that I stop to think about it, of course it's discouraging when someone downplays a task that seems difficult.
  既然我不再考虑，如果有人把困难的事说简单了当然使人气馁。
• Spears, whose Circus tour resumes Thursday night in Canada," is treating her relationship with Jason as a friendship and nothing more," downplays the spy.
  布兰妮恢复她的马戏团巡演（周四晚在加拿大），“把她与杰森的感情当作友谊，仅此而已，”一个间谍淡化道。
• It also downplays the continuing role of science in helping fuel technological development.
  同时也贬低了科学长期以来对于技术发展的推动作用。
• This approach of justification neglects or downplays the crucial question of legitimacy: what is the core principle of the state?
  而忽略了正当性的核心问题：国家的核心原则是什么？
• He downplays the benefits of China letting its undervalued exchange rate rise while arguing later that it must do so anyway.
  他对中国让其低估的汇率上升所带来的好处轻描淡写，但是后来又称中国无论如何必须这样做。
• He downplays the emphasis on poverty, and there are lots of parts in the New Testament that basically teach that if you're rich you won't go to heaven.
  他避免对贫穷的强调，在新约中有很多地方，基本上就是在教授，如果你富有，你就上不了天堂。
• This little nobleman downplays his title so.
  这个贵族对他的头衔并不重视。
• This sounds like a doomsday scenario, but Epstein downplays that aspect.
  这听起来好像是世界末日的景象，但是艾泼斯坦并不太在乎这种可能性。
• Rabassa downplays his role of spreading the good words of Latin American writing.
  拉巴萨对自己在传播拉美文学作品的优美语言方面所起的作用持谦虚态度。