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

• 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。
• 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。
• The risks from contagion have repeatedly been downplayed.
  危机蔓延的风险一再被低估。
• Fellow Republicans downplayed the significance of Bloomberg's endorsement.
  共和党人淡化了布隆伯格的支持。
• 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。
• However, Mr Feng downplayed fears of a pandemic.
  不过，冯子健淡化了疫情大爆发的担心。
• 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。
• In contrast, the fact that China remains an autocracy was politely downplayed by Mr Obama on his visit to Shanghai and Beijing last week.
  相比之下，奥巴马上周访问上海和北京时，对中国仍是专制国家这一事实却礼貌地加以淡化。
• He "downplayed" the possibility of holding last-ditch talks with Iraq in switzerland.
  他“淡化”了在瑞士与伊拉克进行最后阶段谈判的可能性。
• 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。