downplay
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ]
- 美式音标 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ]
- 国际音标 ['daunplei]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v.低估；对…轻描淡写；不予重视
词根记忆
- down(向下) + play(玩)→玩下去→不予重视
- down(向下) + play(玩)→玩下去不理正事→不予重视
同根派生
英汉例句
- Finns are very modest and downplay their own accomplishments.
芬兰人是非常谦虚,淡化自己的成绩. - The humiliation of defeat in 1982 caused Argentina to downplay the dispute.
1982年马岛战争失败后,阿根廷暂时搁置了争议. - One more argument downplay protectionism can be discounted.
我们不能轻信任何有意低估保护主义的说法. - The government is trying to downplay the violence.
政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。 - It'should also be straight and not too curvy to downplay the roundness of the face.
瑞茜的眉型都雅是由于弧度没有太圆,这使她的脸看中去更圆润.
词组短语
- Downplay oneself 作践自己
- downplay y 低估
- downplay y the epidemic 对疫情不予重视
- downplay the epidemic 对疫情不予重视;掩饰疫情;对疫情不予珍视;对疫情不予器重
- and to downplay 并且故意轻描淡写
短语
英英字典
- to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is
- If you downplay a fact or feature, you try to make people think that it is less important or serious than it really is.