downplays

英 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪz]

美 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪz]

v.  对…轻描淡写; 使轻视; 贬低
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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

• It also downplays the continuing role of science in helping fuel technological development.
  同时也贬低了科学长期以来对于技术发展的推动作用。
• Normal testing downplays the importance of skill by focusing on the format of test documentation rather than the robustness of tests.
  普通测试不重视测试技巧的重要性，它更多关注测试文档的格式而不是测试的健壮性。
• At the same time, though, Wright downplays that trend as a fairly short-term disruptive shift& everybody is doing that, he says.
  不过与此同时，莱特也看低这股趋势，认为它只是一种较为短期的颠覆式转型&人人都在做它。
• Spears, whose Circus tour resumes Thursday night in Canada," is treating her relationship with Jason as a friendship and nothing more," downplays the spy.
  布兰妮恢复她的马戏团巡演（周四晚在加拿大），“把她与杰森的感情当作友谊，仅此而已，”一个间谍淡化道。
• In the history of Lutheran theology, justification has sometimes functioned as a central dogma that downplays or even contradicts other clear and important teachings of Scripture.
  在路德神学的历史中，称义有时是作为一个中心教条，会相对不重视其他清楚且重要的圣经教导，或甚至与圣经的教导相违背。
• The phenomenon of naked resignation shows the younger generation downplays the importance of payment or job security and pays more attention to happiness in work, said analysts.
  分析人士认为，裸辞现象显示出年轻一代对薪酬以及工作保障的重视程度正在减轻，他们如今更关心自己工作得快乐与否。
• He downplays the emphasis on poverty, and there are lots of parts in the New Testament that basically teach that if you're rich you won't go to heaven.
  他避免对贫穷的强调，在新约中有很多地方，基本上就是在教授，如果你富有，你就上不了天堂。
• This little nobleman downplays his title so.
  这个贵族对他的头衔并不重视。
• The London team "downplays" the differences they did find between the foods, he says.
  他说伦敦“低调”小组确实找到了两种食物之间的差异。
• This sounds like a doomsday scenario, but Epstein downplays that aspect.
  这听起来好像是世界末日的景象，但是艾泼斯坦并不太在乎这种可能性。