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 downplayed those comments Tuesday.
拉梅什星期二淡化了这些言论。
Crean downplayed the potential economic impact of the case.
克林淡化了潜在的经济影响的案件。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
However, Mr Feng downplayed fears of a pandemic.
不过，冯子健淡化了疫情大爆发的担心。
Clinton downplayed reported splits within the Libyan rebel movement, and hailed what she said was the first "NATO-Arab alliance" providing military and political support for anti-Gaddafi forces.
克林顿国务卿淡化了所报导的利比亚反对派运动内部的分裂，赞扬了她所说的第一支“北约-阿拉伯联盟”向反卡扎菲武装提供军事和政治支持。