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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - You play down, you could end up losing.
发挥不好你就可能输掉。 - 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。 - You don't have to play down to'em, just play to'em.
不一定很投入的学，只要好玩就行了。 - 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。