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.- 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。 - 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。 - 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。
- Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports...
英英释义
verb
- understate the importance or quality of
- he played down his royal ancestry
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Our government is trying to play down the abductees 'issue because they cannot do anything right now.
我国政府正试图淡化被绑架者问题，因为眼下他们什么也做不了。 - 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。 - The conspiracy theorists might say that he is trying to play down his influence over the prime minister.
阴谋论者也许会说，默多克试图淡化他对现任英国首相的影响。 - 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。 - Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters.
政治家必须学会对选民放低身价。 - Gobang Terminator is a Gobang the game, nothing to play down the play.
五子棋终结者，是个五子棋的小游戏，没事就下来玩了玩。