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

Every time something wonderful happens to you, you downplay it.
你每次有什么好事都很低调。
Since we have to understand their special feelings of love can not have too much, nor have the time due, but to downplay and belittle love.
因为我们要懂爱情因其特殊情感不可能拥有太多，也不因是否拥有时，而对爱进行淡化与贬低。
Which does he downplay or ignore altogether?
又轻描淡写或完全忽略了哪些？
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。
The government is trying to downplay the violence.
政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。
It's also that, when this less flattering data came to light in2007, some researchers tried to downplay it.
而是在2007年这个并不讨好的数据出现的时候，有些专家试图低调处理它。
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。
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。
Drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, however, are keen to downplay any concerns and are optimistic that the team could well notch up podiums and wins this year.
然而车手舒马赫和尼克罗斯伯格急于对该赛季转折和登上领奖台轻视之，并在今年取得胜利。
He also sought to downplay the importance of deposit taking.
他也寻求淡化吸收存款的重要性。他说，我们还没考虑过存款的事，我们不打算追逐存款。