downplay

GRE

英[ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ]
美[ˈdaʊnˌple]

基本释义

vt.
贬低,轻视; 不予重视; 将…轻描淡写

词性变化

实用例句

The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance.

教练对这个队的拙劣表现不以为然。

牛津词典

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

It'should also be straight and not too curvy to downplay the roundness of the face.

瑞茜的眉型都雅是由于弧度没有太圆,这使她的脸看中去更圆润.

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As you interact with others, neither exaggerate nor downplay what's true for you.

当你与他人互动时, 既不要夸大其词,也不要自贬身份.

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One more argument downplay protectionism can be discounted.

我们不能轻信任何有意低估保护主义的说法.

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To exalt Reformed alles is to downplay our central identity as Christians.

高举“改革宗”在其它之上,是贬低了我们作为基督徒最基本的身份.

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In contrast, the education systems of today a tendency to downplay the foundational subjects.

相比之下, 当代的教育中则恰恰有严重的轻视基础学科的倾向.

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If someone was timid, I'd downplay my accomplishments because I didn't want them to feel uncomfortable.

如果有人害羞, 我就会放低自己的成就,因为我不想让他们感到不安.

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Balance and repair the grease secrete, developping the function of downplay the dye effectively.

平衡及修复油脂分泌, 有效发挥淡化色素的作用.

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Don't downplay the importance of engines as they will save your ship someday.

不要轻视发动机的重要性,因为它们有一天将会挽救你的船只.

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Finns are very modest and downplay their own accomplishments.

芬兰人是非常谦虚,淡化自己的成绩.

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To that end, Bryant did his best Wednesday to downplay any widespread team issues.

最后, Bryant在星期三尽量将散布开的球的队问题轻描淡写.

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Which does he downplay or ignore altogether?

又轻描淡写或完全忽略了哪些?

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They downplay the chief oddity of this one, which is that foreign forces are fighting it.

他们低估了这次的古怪之处, 就是外国势力在镇压叛乱.

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Jonathan Pershing, the US chief negotiator at Copenhagen, tried to downplay America's contribution to climate change.

美国哥本哈根主要谈判代表试图去低调处理美国对于气候变迁的‘贡献 ’.

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As for Mr. Ross, he tends to downplay the record and his space achievements.

至于罗斯上校本人, 并不怎么以自己的太空记录和太空成就沾沾自喜.

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It's understandable that the constitution should downplay central authority and boost the notion of local authorities.

当然,宪法忽视中央的权力而促进地方当局这一主张是可以理解的.

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One thing you should not do in this type of essay is downplay your accomplishments.

写申请信时,您不应该对您的成就轻描淡写.

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The humiliation of defeat in 1982 caused Argentina to downplay the dispute.

1982年马岛战争失败后,阿根廷暂时搁置了争议.

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Ministry and government officials downplay the April upheaval.

石油部和政府官员们对四月的动乱轻描淡写.

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The government is trying to downplay the violence.

政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。

辞典例句

真题例句

While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real-estate bubble, the report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real-estate "bubble", the report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.

2017年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

英英释义

Verb
  • 1. represent as less significant or important

  • 2. understate the importance or quality of;

    "he played down his royal ancestry"

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