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.- The government is trying to downplay the violence.
政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。 - ...to downplay the dangers of nuclear accidents.
对核事故的危险轻描淡写
- The government is trying to downplay the violence.
双语例句
- 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。 - Russia has both condemned and downplayed the significance of international sanctions.
俄罗斯谴责并蔑视国际社会的制裁。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Local media initially downplayed the crisis, following the government's cue;
根据政府指示，开始时媒体报道低调；