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

• 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。
• Clinton downplayed reported splits within the Libyan rebel movement, and hailed what she said was the first "NATO-Arab alliance" providing military and political support for anti-Gaddafi forces.
  克林顿国务卿淡化了所报导的利比亚反对派运动内部的分裂，赞扬了她所说的第一支“北约-阿拉伯联盟”向反卡扎菲武装提供军事和政治支持。
• Executives at Goldman and Morgan Stanley yesterday downplayed those fears, saying they had been reducing leverage since the onset of the credit crunch and arguing they would be able to make up for it by working harder in other areas.
  高盛和摩根士丹利的高管昨日对这些担心表示不以为然。他们表示，自信贷紧缩爆发以来，他们一直在降低杠杆水平，并且表示，通过在其它方面更加努力的工作，他们可以弥补这方面的损失。
• President Obama also downplayed the threat, saying his recommendation would be that people go to the movies.
  奥巴马总统低调处理有关威胁。他说，他建议民众还是去看电影。
• But I downplayed my feelings for him.
  不过我一直淡化了我对他的感情。
• The White House downplayed the lower job numbers as just a bump in the road.
  白宫淡化为仅仅是在路上颠簸了较低的工作号码。
• Air pollution can be a sensitive subject in China, and its scope has for years been downplayed by officials and state news agencies.
  空气污染在中国可能是一个敏感话题，多年来，中国空气污染的影响范围一直被官员们和国有通讯社所淡化。
• 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。
• 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。
• State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland on Thursday downplayed the incident.
  美国国务院发言人纽兰星期四对这一事件进行了淡化处理。