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

• The government is trying to downplay the violence.
  政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I don't mean to downplay engineering at all.
  我不是说要贬低工程工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It should also be straight and not too curvyto downplay the roundness of the face.
  眉毛线条也可以是直的，不用过于弯曲使脸显得不那么圆。