downplayed是什么意思？

downplayed

• v. 减轻…的重要性，贬低，轻视( downplay的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• Officials last month downplayed his chances of making the biannual and field world championships in August. 上个月官方对他八月份参加一年两次的国际田径大奖赛表示不乐观.
• Some analysts downplayed the significance of RIM's flat shipments and sales. 一些分析师并不认为RIM当季出货量和销售额持平有什么问题.
• 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.
• The capitalistic mode of production downplayed human � � s development, causing the severe environment problem. 资本主义生产方式淡化了人的发展, 导致了严重的环境问题.

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