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

• The two leaders downplayed differences on steps to reverse the current economic slide.
  两位领导人还试图淡化他们在扭转经济下滑的具体做法上存在的分歧。
• The risks from contagion have repeatedly been downplayed.
  危机蔓延的风险一再被低估。
• 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。
• "I must confess that over my career, I've actually downplayed the importance of DJs," says Peter Hook.
  我必须承认，在我的音乐历程中，之前的确忽视了DJ的重要性。
• 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 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 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。
• NATO foreign ministers downplayed their differences as they began a two-day summit in Berlin to discuss the scope of the military alliance's operations in Libya.
  北约各国外交部长在柏林开始两天会议之际淡化处理他们的分歧。会议将讨论这个军事同盟在利比亚开展行动的范围。
• 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。
• Senator McCain downplayed the Powell announcement when asked about it on the Fox News Sunday television program.
  麦凯恩在接受福克斯电视台周日新闻电视节目的采访时，对鲍威尔支持奥巴马的消息进行了低调处理。