downplaying

英 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪɪŋ]

美 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪɪŋ]

v.  对…轻描淡写; 使轻视; 贬低
downplay的现在分词

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

• The United Auto Workers has been among the constituents downplaying any potential benefits of a deal.
  行业工会组织全美汽车工人联合会（UAW）一直是淡化这笔交易可能有什么好处的机构之一。
• Unlike photorealistic rendering striven by traditional 3D computer graphics, NPR emphasizes artistic expression, subjective mood imbuing, and downplaying unimportant information.
  与真实感绘制技术关注于传统的3D图形学不同，非真实感绘制技术更加强调艺术表现力、主观意识与情绪的传递以及强化重要信息、忽略非关键信息等方面。
• They are downplaying the Raikkonen comments as'superficial ', however they say that the sentiments about Alonso are what the team feels at this time.
  他们把对莱科宁的评论淡化为“仅限于表面的”关系，但他们说对阿隆索感受是此时此刻车队确实能感觉得到的。
• Because conceptual metaphor as well as the metonymy possesses the specific cognitive feature of highlighting and hiding some aspects of a concept, the euphemistic expressions organized by metaphor and metonymy play the role of downplaying the negative and unpleasant aspects of the tabooed things.
  认知语言学认为概念隐喻和转喻都具有突出一个概念的某个方面而同时掩盖其他方面的作用，所以通过隐喻和转喻形成的委婉语可以掩盖被禁忌概念中反面的，另人不愉快的方面。
• Because you've never practiced. You're so used to downplaying your accomplishments that being proud of yourself is like remembering calculus.
  因为你从没有练习。对自己的成绩过于不重视，你已经习以为常，以至于对自己感到骄傲就像在回忆积分学一样困难。
• But says from the certain extent, a part of the school entrance examination-oriented education to Chinese learning lack due glamour, downplaying the literature of infectivity, weakening the edifying of sensibility.
  但从一定程度上而言，部分学校高考应试教育使语文学习缺失了应有的魅力，淡化了文学感染力，弱化了情感熏陶。
• For starters, downplaying China's rise has practical benefits.
  首先，低调处理中国强大的事实有着现实的利益。
• If Wall Street got into trouble by borrowing too much, downplaying risks and living only for the present, the same could be said of much of the rest of the country.
  如果华尔街是因为借贷过度，忽视危机，以及安于现状而陷于麻烦之中，那么这些也会在这个国家的其他地方重演。
• But to suggest downplaying the significance of what little research there is in developing nations seems premature, and could carry substantial opportunity costs.
  但是忽视发展中国家小规模研究的意义似乎是一种并不明智的选择，这种做法会带来很大的机会成本。
• The senator is downplaying the significance of the issue.
  这位参议员在故意淡化这一问题的重要性。