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

• On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke downplayed bank takeover talk, helping the stock market bounce off12-year lows.
  周二，美联储主席本·伯南克打消了政府将接管银行的传言，促使股市从12年来的低点开始反弹。
• He downplayed those comments Tuesday.
  拉梅什星期二淡化了这些言论。
• Meanwhile, the athlete downplayed the fact that his time equaled the world record.
  同时，他的个人成绩也追平了世界纪录。
• Over the last seven or eight years, I'd downplayed JKidd's game.
  在过去的七、八年里，我都有些轻视了基德在比赛中的价值。
• He also downplayed the impact of soaring salaries for India's IT employees.
  此外，他着意淡化印度IT员工薪资上涨所带来的影响。
• The risks from contagion have repeatedly been downplayed.
  危机蔓延的风险一再被低估。
• 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。
• Fellow Republicans downplayed the significance of Bloomberg's endorsement.
  共和党人淡化了布隆伯格的支持。
• But I downplayed my feelings for him.
  不过我一直淡化了我对他的感情。
• 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。