downplayed
英 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪd]
美 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪd]
v. 对…轻描淡写; 使轻视; 贬低
downplay的过去分词和过去式
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.
双语例句
- Russia has both condemned and downplayed the significance of international sanctions.
俄罗斯谴责并蔑视国际社会的制裁。 - Meanwhile, the athlete downplayed the fact that his time equaled the world record.
同时,他的个人成绩也追平了世界纪录。 - On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke downplayed bank takeover talk, helping the stock market bounce off12-year lows.
周二,美联储主席本·伯南克打消了政府将接管银行的传言,促使股市从12年来的低点开始反弹。 - Over the last seven or eight years, I'd downplayed JKidd's game.
在过去的七、八年里,我都有些轻视了基德在比赛中的价值。 - He "downplayed" the possibility of holding last-ditch talks with Iraq in switzerland.
他“淡化”了在瑞士与伊拉克进行最后阶段谈判的可能性。 - He also downplayed the extent to which the American model attracts people the world over: the Chinese business elite are much more interested in Silicon Valley than in their Confucian past.
同时,他也忽视了美国榜样对全世界的吸引力&对中国的商业精英们来说,比起他们的儒家传统,他们对美国硅谷(SiliconValley)更有兴趣。 - The report downplayed the effects of large class sizes in schools.
报告对学校大班级规模的影响一带而过。 - Senator McCain downplayed the Powell announcement when asked about it on the Fox News Sunday television program.
麦凯恩在接受福克斯电视台周日新闻电视节目的采访时,对鲍威尔支持奥巴马的消息进行了低调处理。 - "I must confess that over my career, I've actually downplayed the importance of DJs," says Peter Hook.
我必须承认,在我的音乐历程中,之前的确忽视了DJ的重要性。 - In contrast, the fact that China remains an autocracy was politely downplayed by Mr Obama on his visit to Shanghai and Beijing last week.
相比之下,奥巴马上周访问上海和北京时,对中国仍是专制国家这一事实却礼貌地加以淡化。