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。
• 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。
• On visits home I had to make a conscious decision whether to exaggerate or downplay the exoticism.
  回到美国后，我得有意识地做个决定，对在北京生活的这段日子，是说得夸张一点好呢，还是平淡一点好。
• Which does he downplay or ignore altogether?
  又轻描淡写或完全忽略了哪些？
• 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。
• 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。
• Taipei, whose relations with Beijing have also been on the mend, moved to downplay the incident.
  近年来与北京方面关系同样出现回暖的台北方面，采取行动淡化这一事件的影响。
• 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。
• Every time something wonderful happens to you, you downplay it.
  你每次有什么好事都很低调。
• 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。