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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

英英释义

verb

• understate the importance or quality of
  1. he played down his royal ancestry
  Synonym:backgrounddownplay

双语例句

• The government is trying to play down its role in the affair.
  政府正设法淡化他在这件事情中的角色。
• I know you try to play down my part in the affair and play up your own.
  我知道你有意贬低我在这件事中起的作用，而抬高你自己。
• He will play down the financial difficulties of the company.
  他故意把公司的财政困难讲得轻些。
• Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters.
  政治家必须学会对选民放低身价。
• They found that women students play down their gender as a way of blending in.
  他们发现，作为融入方式，女学生弱化了自己的性别。
• 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。
• The impact of the market economy, the infiltration of Western decadent culture and social environment caused by the impact of some of today's college students play down the sense of responsibility.
  市场经济的冲击、西方腐朽文化的渗透和社会环境的影响造成了当今部分大学生责任感的淡化。
• I play down the fact that I'm a cop when I'm with her anyway.
  我告诉她事实是不管我是不是和在一起，我都是名警察。
• You should not have let her play down by the old mine.
  你不应该让她去那儿玩的。
• 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。