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downplay

美[ˌdaʊn'pleɪ]  英[ˌdaʊn'pleɪ]
v.  低估;对…轻描淡写;不予重视
  过去式:downplayed  过去分词:downplayed  现在分词:downplaying  第三人称单数:downplays
  近义词:tonedown,moderate,restrain,soften,modulate,talkdown,minimize,minimise,understate,playdown,background,

英英释义

Verb
  1. represent as less significant or important
  2. understate the importance or quality of;

    "he played down his royal ancestry"

例句

  1. Which does he downplay or ignore altogether? 又轻描淡写或完全忽略了哪些?
  2. Mill seems to downplay the importance and terribleness of death. 表面上看来,密尔轻视死的重要性与恐怖性。
  3. The pro-Olympics lobby tends to downplay the disadvantages. 争取申奥的游说团体倾向忽视不利因素。
  4. As for Mr. Ross, he tends to downplay the record and his space achievements. 至于罗斯上校本人,并不怎么以自己的太空记录和太空成就沾沾自喜。
  5. 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。
  6. Very often in Christian circles, we downplay people's doubts or questions. 很多时候,在基督徒的圈子里,我们压抑疑问和困惑。
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