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

• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• But I downplayed my feelings for him.
  不过我一直淡化了我对他的感情。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。