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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• But I downplayed my feelings for him.
  不过我一直淡化了我对他的感情。
• The risks from contagion have repeatedly been downplayed.
  危机蔓延的风险一再被低估。