underplay

美 [ˌʌndərˈpleɪ]英 [ˌʌndəˈpleɪ]
  • vt.轻描淡写;低调处理;降低…的重要性
  • n.含蓄克制的表演;暗中活动;出小牌

过去式: underplayed 现在分词: underplaying 过去分词: underplayed 第三人称单数: underplays

underplayunderplay

verb

VN低调处理;降低…的重要性
to make sth seem less important than it really is

downplay
overplay

underplay

频次

  • 1
    VERB 贬低;对…轻描淡写
    If you underplay something, you make it seem less important than it really is.

    We often underplay the skills we have...

    我们常常贬低自身的技能。

verb

1
play a card lower than (a held high card)
2
act (a role) with great restraint
Synonym: underact

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  1. If there are recruiters out there telling job seekers to underplay their ambitions and qualifications , then certainly I could do better .

    如果有招聘人员告诉找工作的人对自己的雄心壮志和资历轻描淡写的话,那我肯定能比他们做得更好。

  2. An IT director who secures a project by underplaying the resource and time requirements might expect the project to make him look good and gain him a promotion .

    一个通过对资源和时间需求轻描淡写来保护一个项目的IT指导者可能期望该项目能使他体面并令他晋升。

  3. The problem of alcoholism was , and still is , often underplayed .

    酗酒问题在过去常常被忽视,现在依然如此。

  4. We often underplay the skills we have

    我们常常贬低自身的技能。

  5. On the other side are the underplayed benefits of digital to save energy : why heat your whole home , the authors ask , if you can fit digital controls , so you only heat the room you 're in ?

    另一方面,数字节能的好处被低估了。报告的作者表示,与其给整个家供暖,不如安装数字控制器,这样你只需要给自己所在的房间供暖。

  6. The first issue ( which is often underplayed ) is a change in the behaviour of bank customers .

    第一点(这一点往往不受重视)是,银行客户的行为发生了改变。

  7. Of course , we should not underplay theexplosive rise of mobile gaming .

    当然,我们不应忽视移动游戏的迅猛崛起。

  8. Bubbles bursting are nothing new . But investors underplayed the importance of Western consumers to developing world economies .

    泡沫破裂不是什么新鲜事,但投资者低估了西方消费者对于发展中经济体的重要性。

  9. This is not to underplay the importance of the Greek outcome .

    这并不是在淡化希腊结局的重要性。

  10. GSK had a journal article published that deliberately underplayed the dangers .

    gsk让人在期刊上刊文,刻意淡化该药的风险。

  11. All attitudes and expressions of emotions are to be underplayed .

    一切态度和感情的表露都将以低调来处理。

  12. I do not mean to gloss over or underplay the obstacles and needs .

    我这样说并不是要掩饰或淡化障碍和需求。

  13. Another objection is that he underplays the problems facing countries with a comparative advantage in resource-based activities , including agriculture .

    我的另一项异议是,他低估了在资源型行业(包括农业)拥有比较优势的国家所面临的问题。

  14. Unlike the birthday of the party , however , it is being oddly underplayed .

    然而这个日子,却很奇怪的,没有得到如建党般的隆重庆祝。

  15. Opinion polls underplay Mr Le Pen 's support ; almost half of respondents say they are undecided .

    民意测验不能充分说明勒庞的支持度;几乎一半的受调查者声称他们尚未决定。

  16. These two research paradigms overemphasize the position of the author and the text and underplay the role of readers in literary process .

    这两种研究范式过分强调作者和文本的地位,贬低了读者在文学过程中的作用。

  17. I also admit to underplaying the role that better central bank policy has played in creating greater macroeconomic certainty , thereby directly enhancing growth .

    我也承认更好的央行政策在消除宏观经济的不确定性、进而直接提高经济增长率方面所发挥的作用。

  18. He deliberately underplayed that role .

    他故意把那个角色演得很克制。

  19. Mr. Jia has characterized " Mountains May Depart " as his most emotional movie , which may underplay how deeply moving his work can be .

    贾樟柯说《山河故人》是自己最富情感的影片,他可能低估了自己的作品有多么深切感人。

  20. A fourth lesson is that gold is shifting back from a sovereign reserve asset central banks were inclined to underplay to one of growing , strategic interest .

    第四个教训是,黄金正在从央行倾向于淡化的主权储备资产,重新变回一项战略重要性日益增强的主权储备资产。

  21. By positioning the iPad Pro as a PC killer at its launch event , Apple is underplaying a different opportunity : replacing pen and paper .

    苹果在发布会上把iPadPro定位为PC杀手,却放过了另一个机会:取代笔和纸。

  22. The most important is the emphasis on growth itself , underplayed by many advisers and activists in the 1990s and early 2000s . Growth is not everything .

    最重要的是,它强调的是增长本身。在上世纪90年代和本世纪初,许多的顾问人士与激进分子都轻视了这一点。

  23. The paper based on the geotechnical condition of landslide , the forming condition are analyzed including the slope structure , engineering properties of underplayed Mud Stone , rainfall condition , engineering load factor .

    文章在阐述该滑坡体岩土工程条件的基础上,分析了该滑坡的形成条件,包括坡体结构条件、下伏泥岩的工程特性、降雨条件、工程荷载因素。

  24. By studying the cause of density current , we found that the influent sludge concentration produces effect on density is greater than the temperature , and the influent usually forms underplayed density current .

    通过对影响异重流形成因素的研究,发现在异重流的形成过程中进水污泥浓度对密度的影响远大于温度对密度的影响,二沉池的进水通常形成下层异重流。

  25. If there 's a criticism to be made of Carr 's attempt to save mankind from its own technology , it 's that he underplays the very substantial benefits .

    对于卡尔试图从人类自己开发的技术手中挽救人类的举动,如果要进行批评的话,那就是他淡化了技术带来的巨大好处。

  26. But governments pursuing nuclear expansions have long been criticised for underplaying the lifetime costs of operating reactors , which include shutting them down and cleaning up their sites .

    但长期以来,一直有人批评各国政府在推进核电发展的过程中低估了反应堆整个生命周期的运营成本,其中包括关闭反应堆和清理现场的成本。

  27. In fact , Constance Wu , the actress who plays Jessica Huang on the show , told me that she underplays her character in relation to the actual woman .

    实际上,剧中扮演黄母洁西卡的演员康斯丹丝·吴(ConstanceWu)对我说,与原型相比,她在表演中有意弱化了这一角色。

  28. But other observers say this underplays the power of North Korean propaganda that has portrayed the leader as a parent , provider and protector , whose loss is keenly felt .

    但其他一些观察人士表示,这种说法低估了朝鲜宣传机器的威力,朝鲜在宣传中将领导人描述为父母、提供者和保护者,他的死引发了真切的悲痛。

  29. But in general , reporting has been responsible and accurate , neither underplaying nor exaggerating the threat , whilst scrutinising issues such as the need to treat the developing world fairly .

    但是在总体上,报道是负责而准确的,既没有轻描淡写也没有夸大这一威胁,同时仔细审视了诸如需要公平对待发展中国家等问题。

  30. Having an awareness of a partner 's daily work demands - such as deadlines , a lack of adequate resources and bad bosses - could ensure that couples always communicated , and a partner could see when their loved one was underplaying or exaggerating a problem .

    了解伴侣日常工作上的一些要求——例如任务完成的最后期限、缺少足够的资源以及苛刻的上司——可以保证伴侣之间保持沟通顺畅,而且其中一方可以看出自己的爱人是对问题轻描淡写还是在夸大问题。

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