downplaying
present participle ofdownplay
| 单词 | downplaying |
| 释义 | downplaying present participle ofdownplay downplay verb[T] uk/ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ/us/ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ/to make somethingseemlessimportantor lessbadthan it really is: Thegovernmenthas beentryingto downplay thecrisis. Synonym understate Opposites foreground overstate Exaggerating & playing down
Examplesofdownplayingdownplaying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In fact, both governments and the newspapers they influenced had an interest indownplayingofficial involvement in the press. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather than either emphasising ordownplayingthe role of formal worker organisations, the authors describe a mixed history. From theCambridge English Corpus Commentators have also questioned ourdownplayingof "other modeling" in ordinary conversation and our claims about the nature of the difference between monologue and dialogue. From theCambridge English Corpus Conversely, thosedownplayingthe ongoing role of the party were not necessarily less radical or totalitarian. From theCambridge English Corpus These changes have the same effect -downplayingsatire and emphasising the romantic quest - and perhaps even the same cause. From theCambridge English Corpus Eliade's approach, then, naturally focuses on these ' modalities ',downplayinghistorical considerations in favour of phenomenological analysis. From theCambridge English Corpus Descriptions of resolution often focus on the resolution rule alone,downplayingthe role of factoring in proof construction. From theCambridge English Corpus Focusing on big events, anddownplayingour ability to predict means-ends relationships, ought to move our political beliefs closer together. From theCambridge English Corpus The recent legislation promoting collaboration anddownplayingcompetition seems to move in this direction. From theCambridge English Corpus Why there should be thisdownplayingof the nationalist thrust is hard to say. From theCambridge English Corpus I would interpret this as a generaldownplayingof the competitive elements and an increasing orientation towards cultural solidarity. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, in recent years, conventional evolutionary theory has if anything, been furtherdownplayingthe role of phenotypes, sometimes reducing phenotypes to mere "vehicles" for their genes. From theCambridge English Corpus But indownplayingthe significance of the expedition in this manner both authors are in the difficult position of downplaying the sheer extent of nineteenth-century developments, regardless of their causes. From theCambridge English Corpus Campbell follows the conventional wisdom indownplayingthe problem represented by irregularity. From theCambridge English Corpus Similarly, practically all women who came of age in the inter-war years, whether writing in 1969 or 1980, tell stories about leisure, fun and entertainment,downplayingtheir workplace experiences. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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