play down

英 [pleɪ daʊn]

美 [pleɪ daʊn]

降低…的重要性; 贬低; 淡化

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 降低…的重要性；贬低；淡化
  If youplay downsomething, you try to make people believe that it is not particularly important.
  1. 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。
  2. He plays down rumours that he aims to become a Labour MP...
     他对那些说他想要成为工党下院议员的传言轻描淡写。
  3. Both London and Dublin are playing the matter down.
     伦敦和都柏林方面对此事都在有意淡化。

英英释义

verb

• understate the importance or quality of
  1. he played down his royal ancestry
  Synonym:backgrounddownplay

双语例句

• I play down the fact that I'm a cop when I'm with her anyway.
  我告诉她事实是不管我是不是和在一起，我都是名警察。
• He can also play down the middle.
  他同样可以在中场。
• You should not have let her play down by the old mine.
  你不应该让她去那儿玩的。
• We must not play down these feelings of fear and uncertainty, and I certainly won't do that.
  我们决不能贬低人们恐惧与不安的感受，我的确不能那样做。
• 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。
• You play down, you could end up losing.
  发挥不好你就可能输掉。
• They feel it is profitable to play down the differences.
  他们感到不强调分歧是有利的。
• 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。
• Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters.
  政治家必须学会对选民放低身价。
• 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。