downplayed

英 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪd] 美 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪd]

v.  对…轻描淡写; 使轻视; 贬低
downplay的过去分词和过去式

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  1. VERB 对…轻描淡写;使轻视;贬低
    If you downplay a 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
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双语例句

  1. The report downplayed the effects of large class sizes in schools.
    报告对学校大班级规模的影响一带而过。
  2. Senator McCain downplayed the Powell announcement when asked about it on the Fox News Sunday television program.
    麦凯恩在接受福克斯电视台周日新闻电视节目的采访时，对鲍威尔支持奥巴马的消息进行了低调处理。
  3. The two leaders downplayed differences on steps to reverse the current economic slide.
    两位领导人还试图淡化他们在扭转经济下滑的具体做法上存在的分歧。
  4. Traditional aspects of Korean culture tend to be downplayed or ignored in North Korea.
    在朝鲜，其传统文化大有被忽略之势。
  5. Meanwhile, the athlete downplayed the fact that his time equaled the world record.
    同时，他的个人成绩也追平了世界纪录。
  6. Russia has both condemned and downplayed the significance of international sanctions.
    俄罗斯谴责并蔑视国际社会的制裁。
  7. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland on Thursday downplayed the incident.
    美国国务院发言人纽兰星期四对这一事件进行了淡化处理。
  8. NATO foreign ministers downplayed their differences as they began a two-day summit in Berlin to discuss the scope of the military alliance's operations in Libya.
    北约各国外交部长在柏林开始两天会议之际淡化处理他们的分歧。会议将讨论这个军事同盟在利比亚开展行动的范围。
  9. Air pollution can be a sensitive subject in China, and its scope has for years been downplayed by officials and state news agencies.
    空气污染在中国可能是一个敏感话题，多年来，中国空气污染的影响范围一直被官员们和国有通讯社所淡化。
  10. Fellow Republicans downplayed the significance of Bloomberg's endorsement.
    共和党人淡化了布隆伯格的支持。
  11. The risks from contagion have repeatedly been downplayed.
    危机蔓延的风险一再被低估。
  12. However, Mr Feng downplayed fears of a pandemic.
    不过，冯子健淡化了疫情大爆发的担心。
  13. President Obama also downplayed the threat, saying his recommendation would be that people go to the movies.
    奥巴马总统低调处理有关威胁。他说，他建议民众还是去看电影。
  14. Clinton downplayed reported splits within the Libyan rebel movement, and hailed what she said was the first "NATO-Arab alliance" providing military and political support for anti-Gaddafi forces.
    克林顿国务卿淡化了所报导的利比亚反对派运动内部的分裂，赞扬了她所说的第一支“北约-阿拉伯联盟”向反卡扎菲武装提供军事和政治支持。
  15. The White House downplayed the lower job numbers as just a bump in the road.
    白宫淡化为仅仅是在路上颠簸了较低的工作号码。
  16. Over the last seven or eight years, I'd downplayed JKidd's game.
    在过去的七、八年里，我都有些轻视了基德在比赛中的价值。
  17. A spokesman for the Palace downplayed claims the assassination raid had anything to do with the delay.
    英国王室的一位发言人对突袭拉登造成蜜月延期一事没有正面回应。
  18. He also downplayed the impact of soaring salaries for India's IT employees.
    此外，他着意淡化印度IT员工薪资上涨所带来的影响。
  19. He "downplayed" the possibility of holding last-ditch talks with Iraq in switzerland.
    他“淡化”了在瑞士与伊拉克进行最后阶段谈判的可能性。
  20. On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke downplayed bank takeover talk, helping the stock market bounce off12-year lows.
    周二，美联储主席本·伯南克打消了政府将接管银行的传言，促使股市从12年来的低点开始反弹。
  21. Our experience of the past few years is also of great importance and should not be downplayed.
    这几年的经验也很重要，不要小看。
  22. But I downplayed my feelings for him.
    不过我一直淡化了我对他的感情。
  23. Local media initially downplayed the crisis, following the government's cue;
    根据政府指示，开始时媒体报道低调；
  24. In contrast, the fact that China remains an autocracy was politely downplayed by Mr Obama on his visit to Shanghai and Beijing last week.
    相比之下，奥巴马上周访问上海和北京时，对中国仍是专制国家这一事实却礼貌地加以淡化。
  25. He downplayed those comments Tuesday.
    拉梅什星期二淡化了这些言论。
  26. He signalled on Tuesday night that he would fight fire with fire, but Mr Romney downplayed the prospect of a new assault.
    金里奇在周二晚间暗示称，他将对罗姆尼还以颜色，但罗姆尼对金里奇发起新攻击的前景不以为然。
  27. "I must confess that over my career, I've actually downplayed the importance of DJs," says Peter Hook.
    我必须承认，在我的音乐历程中，之前的确忽视了DJ的重要性。
  28. Crean downplayed the potential economic impact of the case.
    克林淡化了潜在的经济影响的案件。
  29. He also downplayed the extent to which the American model attracts people the world over: the Chinese business elite are much more interested in Silicon Valley than in their Confucian past.
    同时，他也忽视了美国榜样对全世界的吸引力&对中国的商业精英们来说，比起他们的儒家传统，他们对美国硅谷（SiliconValley）更有兴趣。
  30. Executives at Goldman and Morgan Stanley yesterday downplayed those fears, saying they had been reducing leverage since the onset of the credit crunch and arguing they would be able to make up for it by working harder in other areas.
    高盛和摩根士丹利的高管昨日对这些担心表示不以为然。他们表示，自信贷紧缩爆发以来，他们一直在降低杠杆水平，并且表示，通过在其它方面更加努力的工作，他们可以弥补这方面的损失。
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