play down
英 [pleɪ daʊn]
美 [pleɪ daʊn]
降低…的重要性; 贬低; 淡化
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 降低…的重要性；贬低；淡化
If youplay downsomething, you try to make people believe that it is not particularly important.- Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports...
西方外交官刻意贬低这些报告的重要性。 - He plays down rumours that he aims to become a Labour MP...
他对那些说他想要成为工党下院议员的传言轻描淡写。 - Both London and Dublin are playing the matter down.
伦敦和都柏林方面对此事都在有意淡化。
- Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports...
英英释义
verb
- understate the importance or quality of
- he played down his royal ancestry
双语例句
- Our government is trying to play down the abductees 'issue because they cannot do anything right now.
我国政府正试图淡化被绑架者问题，因为眼下他们什么也做不了。 - Gobang Terminator is a Gobang the game, nothing to play down the play.
五子棋终结者，是个五子棋的小游戏，没事就下来玩了玩。 - She tried to play down his part in the affair and play up her own.
她想贬低他在这件事里起的作用，夸大自己的作用。 - We noticed that tried to play down her glamour and be more like Eleanor Roosevelt.
我们注意到，Faye有意抑制自己的魅力，使自己更象埃莉诺？罗斯福。 - It's a well-tried tactic to play down public expectations in advance of a superpower summit.
在超级大国的峰会之前降低公众的期望值是个屡试不爽的策略。 - And while they may play down the money, all three are extremely ambitious.
尽管他们可能并不看重钱，但三个人都极有雄心壮志。 - Both London and Dublin are playing the matter down.
伦敦和都柏林方面对此事都在有意淡化。 - The reporter wrote the play down, as he had not liked it.
那记者轻描淡写地评价了一下那个剧，因为它不喜欢它。 - Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters.
政治家必须学会对选民放低身价。 - I raised this instance not to play down the importance of psychology.
我举这个例子并不是说心理素质不重要。