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

• 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。
• Sure, a cheaper iPhone abroad could be perceived by the U.S. as downplaying a premium brand, but to many Chinese, it would still be a hefty chunk of their disposable income.
  当然，美国可能认为在海外推出更廉价的iPhone手机是在贬低一个高档品牌的价值，但鉴于中国的人均可支配收入水平，这仍然是一笔巨大的开支。
• 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。
• Downplaying of the Police Uniform Culture and its Countermeasures
  警察服饰文化的淡化及对策
• 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。
• Britons spent much of the last few months downplaying their interest in the royal family and the wedding – yet on Friday morning, they waved flags and sang the national anthem en masse in city parks.
  过去几个月里英国人不是很重视皇家和这场婚礼，然而周五上午他们大规模地在城市的公园里挥舞着国旗，唱着国歌恩。
• So we should put forward the countermeasures on the basis of analyzing the reason of the copied police uniform and its influence on the downplaying of the police uniform culture.
  因此，应从分析仿制警服出现的原因入手，探讨其对警察服饰文化的淡化的影响，并找出相应的治理对策。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。