| 单词 | downplay |
| 释义 | downplay (daʊnpleɪ ) Word forms: downplays , downplaying , downplayed verb If you downplay a 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. [VERB noun] ...to downplay the dangers of nuclear accidents. [VERB noun] Synonyms: soft-pedal, play down Collocations: downplay the importance of The best financial decisions of a lifetime are rarely about shares, funds or pensions, although we would never downplay the importance of traditional financial planning. Times, Sunday Times Some other schools of economic thought reject or downplay the importance of multiplier effects, particularly in terms of the long run. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cave would later downplay the importance of the record, but said it helped the band develop musically. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fact that it had an activist aspect allowed many people to downplay the importance of research published in the journal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Downplaying the importance of the negotiations was also a deliberate strategy. Times,Sunday Times I do not say this to downplay the seriousness of no-deal for business, for patients, for farmers. Times, Sunday Times Initially, his son tried to downplay the seriousness of what was happening. Times, Sunday Times He cuts through the evasive waffle and ludicrous conspiracy theories to reassure us all but never downplays the seriousness of the situation. The Sun This statement angered prosecutors, who felt she was downplaying the seriousness of her crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 轻描淡写 Japanese: 軽視する |
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