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

• Give examples of projects you worked on and skills you used and acquired, Liu says. This way you can downplay the part-time aspect of the internship and the company should see that you have the experience it is looking for.
  可以举例说明你曾参与的项目，以及该过程中你用到或学到的技能。刘炳军说，这样可以淡化实习的非全职性，同时也让公司看到你身上具备他们所看重的工作经验。
• 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。
• And I don't mean to downplay engineering at all.
  我不是说要贬低工程工作。
• He even seemed to downplay Mr Putin's role in the KGB, saying that every country needed an intelligence service.
  他甚至淡化普京在克格勃里的角色，他说每个国家都需要一个情报系统。
• Which does he downplay or ignore altogether?
  又轻描淡写或完全忽略了哪些？
• 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。
• Every time something wonderful happens to you, you downplay it.
  你每次有什么好事都很低调。
• If I thought my behavior was unacceptable, I might admit to having done it, but Id also be keen to downplay how often.
  如果我认为我的行为时不可被接受的，那么我可能会承认我做过，但会对频率做一些弱化。
• 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。