play down

美 [pleɪ daʊn]英 [pleɪ daʊn]
  • 淡化;贬低;降低…的重要性
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    PHRASAL VERB 降低…的重要性;贬低;淡化
    If you play down something, you try to make people believe that it is not particularly important.

    Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports...

    西方外交官刻意贬低这些报告的重要性。

verb

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understate the importance or quality of
he played down his royal ancestry
Synonym: background downplay

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  1. She tried to play down his part in the affair .

    playdown轻描淡写,故意缩小…的重要性她极力贬低他在这一事件中的作用。

  2. He tried to play down my part in the work and play up his own .

    他极力贬低我在这工作中的作用,而拼命抬高他自己的份量。

  3. It 's a well-tried tactic to play down public expectations in advance of a superpower summit .

    在超级大国的峰会之前降低公众的期望值是个屡试不爽的策略。

  4. He will play down the financial difficulties of the company .

    他故意把公司的财政困难讲得轻些。

  5. He can also play down the middle .

    他同样可以在中场。

  6. You don 't have to play down to'em , just play to'em.

    不一定很投入的学,只要好玩就行了。

  7. You play down , you could end up losing .

    发挥不好你就可能输掉。

  8. You should not have let her play down by the old mine .

    你不应该让她去那儿玩的。

  9. They feel it is profitable to play down the differences .

    他们感到不强调分歧是有利的。

  10. The government is trying to play down its role in the affair .

    政府正设法淡化他在这件事情中的角色。

  11. The general tried to play down the military defeat .

    将军设法减低战败的严重性。

  12. He is trying to play down his own part in the affair .

    他正设法淡化他在那件事情当中所扮演的角色。

  13. South African officials tried to play down the incident . '

    南非官员努力淡化该事件的影响。

  14. I raised this instance not to play down the importance of psychology .

    我举这个例子并不是说心理素质不重要。

  15. And while they may play down the money , all three are extremely ambitious .

    尽管他们可能并不看重钱,但三个人都极有雄心壮志。

  16. Thirdly , carry out shipping delivery to mostly play down the cost .

    三是实行船板交割方式,最大限度地降低交割成本。

  17. They found that women students play down their gender as a way of blending in .

    他们发现,作为融入方式,女学生弱化了自己的性别。

  18. The doctors thought it kind to play down the serious nature of her illness .

    医生们认为把她严重的病情说得轻微一些是仁慈的做法。

  19. Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters .

    政治家必须学会对选民放低身价。

  20. The government are trying to play down their involvement in the affair .

    政府极力淡化与该事的瓜葛。

  21. She tried to play down his part in the affair and play up her own .

    她想贬低他在这件事里起的作用,夸大自己的作用。

  22. He has tried to play down his involvement in the affair .

    他极力淡化与该事的瓜葛。

  23. I know you try to play down my part in the affair and play up your own .

    我知道你有意贬低我在这件事中起的作用,而抬高你自己。

  24. Desperate for any job , they play down qualifications and experience in their applications .

    他们迫切想要得到工作,因此在申请时他们往往会贬低自己的资历和经验,降格以求。

  25. The optimists in the steel sector , however , play down such worries .

    然而,该行业的乐观主义者对这些担忧不以为然。

  26. Ms Faust tends to play down the significance of her gender .

    福斯特倾向于降低她性别的重要性。

  27. Italy 's Foreign Ministry has sought to play down the spat .

    意大利外交部已经开始着手降低这场争论。

  28. But any government-led attempts to play down the importance of English may not make much of an impact in China .

    但政府采取的任何弱化英语重要性的尝试都不大可能在中国产生太大的影响。

  29. The reporter wrote the play down , as he had not liked it .

    那记者轻描淡写地评价了一下那个剧,因为它不喜欢它。

  30. Japan also sought to play down its plan to purchase up to $ 10bn of Chinese government bonds .

    日本也寻求淡化其购买至多100亿美元中国国债的计划。