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单词 downplay
释义
downplay
verb[T]
uk
/ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ/us
/ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ/
to make somethingseemlessimportantor lessbadthan it really is:
对…轻描淡写；贬低；低估
Thegovernmenthas beentryingto downplay thecrisis.政府一直在尽力淡化此次危机的严重性。
Synonym
understate
Opposites
foreground
overstate
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Exaggerating & playing down
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  • dramatize
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  • minimize
  • OTT
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  • overboard
  • overdramatic
  • overdramatize
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(Definition ofdownplayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

downplay| American Dictionary

downplay
verb[T]
us
/ˈdɑʊnˌpleɪ/
to make somethingseemlessimportantor not asbadas it really is:
Themayoristryingto downplay thecrisis.
(Definition ofdownplayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdownplay

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Traditionally researchers have tried todownplayexternal factors and have tried to argue that internal factors alone are responsible for the facts.
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She downplays the administrative practice, in recognizing chiefs, of supporting one ruling-family faction against another on political grounds.
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Such a cultural orientation woulddownplaytraditional notions of self-determination and the work ethic.
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In fact, both governments and the newspapers they influenced had an interest in downplaying official involvement in the press.
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Labor officials and others consistently downplayed the wider political significance of the employer-mandate idea.
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These authors suggest that a goal of ethics commentators is to emphasize the facts, especially those that have been omitted or downplayed.
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Rather than either emphasising or downplaying the role of formal worker organisations, the authors describe a mixed history.
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While not denying that they had confined their wives, they downplayed its significance.
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This tends todownplaythe impact of crops where a country has a comparative advantage in production.
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These comments serve to generallydownplaythe importance of popular music in terms of identity.
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The focus on synthesizing also downplays the depth of disagreements about the importance of ethnicity during and after the war.
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Similarly, he downplays the romantic aspect of the play.
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It is not necessary todownplayone in order to make an argument for the other.
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Conversely, those downplaying the ongoing role of the party were not necessarily less radical or totalitarian.
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Note that this response need notdownplaythe importance of fear, anxiety, and insecurity in people's lives.
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