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

• 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。
• "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。
• However, Mr Feng downplayed fears of a pandemic.
  不过，冯子健淡化了疫情大爆发的担心。
• 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。
• Over the last seven or eight years, I'd downplayed JKidd's game.
  在过去的七、八年里，我都有些轻视了基德在比赛中的价值。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。