downplayed

英 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪd]

美 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪd]

v.  对…轻描淡写; 使轻视; 贬低
downplay的过去分词和过去式

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

双语例句

• Our experience of the past few years is also of great importance and should not be downplayed.
  这几年的经验也很重要，不要小看。
• He signalled on Tuesday night that he would fight fire with fire, but Mr Romney downplayed the prospect of a new assault.
  金里奇在周二晚间暗示称，他将对罗姆尼还以颜色，但罗姆尼对金里奇发起新攻击的前景不以为然。
• 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。
• Traditional aspects of Korean culture tend to be downplayed or ignored in North Korea.
  在朝鲜，其传统文化大有被忽略之势。
• He downplayed those comments Tuesday.
  拉梅什星期二淡化了这些言论。
• The risks from contagion have repeatedly been downplayed.
  危机蔓延的风险一再被低估。
• A spokesman for the Palace downplayed claims the assassination raid had anything to do with the delay.
  英国王室的一位发言人对突袭拉登造成蜜月延期一事没有正面回应。
• He also downplayed the extent to which the American model attracts people the world over: the Chinese business elite are much more interested in Silicon Valley than in their Confucian past.
  同时，他也忽视了美国榜样对全世界的吸引力&对中国的商业精英们来说，比起他们的儒家传统，他们对美国硅谷（SiliconValley）更有兴趣。
• However, Mr Feng downplayed fears of a pandemic.
  不过，冯子健淡化了疫情大爆发的担心。
• Fellow Republicans downplayed the significance of Bloomberg's endorsement.
  共和党人淡化了布隆伯格的支持。