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

• In general, people downplay their unhealthy habits, preferring instead to blame disease on factors beyond their control: their genes or environmental factors such as mobile phones or radiation.
  一般来说，人们会低估自己的不良习惯的影响，而偏向将病因归结于那些他们无法控制的因素，比如基因或手机、辐射等环境因素。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This separation leads us to downplay the political consequences of long-term economic weakness.
  政经分离使我们低估了长期经济疲弱带来的政治后果。
• Jonathan Pershing, the US chief negotiator at Copenhagen, tried to downplay America's contribution to climate change.
  美国哥本哈根主要谈判代表试图去低调处理美国对于气候变迁的‘贡献’。
• Which does he downplay or ignore altogether?
  又轻描淡写或完全忽略了哪些？
• Every time something wonderful happens to you, you downplay it.
  你每次有什么好事都很低调。