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
- 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。 - 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； - 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。 - 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。 - He downplayed those comments Tuesday.
拉梅什星期二淡化了这些言论。 - 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。 - Crean downplayed the potential economic impact of the case.
克林淡化了潜在的经济影响的案件。 - 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。 - 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。