downplay是什么意思？

downplay

英[ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ] 美[ˈdaʊnˌple]

• vt. 贬低，轻视，不予重视，将…轻描淡写；

第三人称单数：downplays;

过去式：downplayed;

过去分词：downplayed;

现在分词：downplaying;

例句

• One more argument downplay protectionism can be discounted. 我们不能轻信任何有意低估保护主义的说法.
• The humiliation of defeat in 1982 caused Argentina to downplay the dispute. 1982年马岛战争失败后,阿根廷暂时搁置了争议.
• Finns are very modest and downplay their own accomplishments. 芬兰人是非常谦虚,淡化自己的成绩.
• ...to downplay the dangers of nuclear accidents. 对核事故的危险轻描淡写
• The government is trying to downplay the violence. 政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  对…轻描淡写;使轻视;贬低
  If you downplay a fact or feature, you try to make people think that it is less important or serious than it really is.
  例句
  The government is trying to downplay the violence. 政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。 ...to downplay the dangers of nuclear accidents. 对核事故的危险轻描淡写

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  减轻…的重要性,贬低,轻视
  The report downplayed the effects of large class sizes in schools. 报告对学校大班级规模的影响一带而过。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. represent as less significant or important
  2. understate the importance or quality of;
  "he played down his royal ancestry"