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
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- The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance.
教练对这个队的拙劣表现不以为然。
- The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance.
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.- The government is trying to downplay the violence.
政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。 - ...to downplay the dangers of nuclear accidents.
对核事故的危险轻描淡写
- The government is trying to downplay the violence.
英英释义
verb
- understate the importance or quality of
- he played down his royal ancestry
- represent as less significant or important
双语例句
- 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。 - The government is trying to downplay the violence.
政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。 - 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。 - 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’。 - 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。 - 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。 - And I don't mean to downplay engineering at all.
我不是说要贬低工程工作。 - This separation leads us to downplay the political consequences of long-term economic weakness.
政经分离使我们低估了长期经济疲弱带来的政治后果。 - 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。 - 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。