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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.
    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

双语例句

  • He also downplayed the impact of soaring salaries for India's IT employees.
    此外,他着意淡化印度IT员工薪资上涨所带来的影响。
  • 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。
  • State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland on Thursday downplayed the incident.
    美国国务院发言人纽兰星期四对这一事件进行了淡化处理。
  • But I downplayed my feelings for him.
    不过我一直淡化了我对他的感情。
  • However, Mr Feng downplayed fears of a pandemic.
    不过,冯子健淡化了疫情大爆发的担心。
  • The risks from contagion have repeatedly been downplayed.
    危机蔓延的风险一再被低估。
  • Our experience of the past few years is also of great importance and should not be downplayed.
    这几年的经验也很重要,不要小看。
  • 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。
  • Fellow Republicans downplayed the significance of Bloomberg's endorsement.
    共和党人淡化了布隆伯格的支持。
  • 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。