downplay
常考释义
1.~ sth对…轻描淡写;使轻视;贬低to make people think that sth is less important than it really is
The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance.教练对这个队的拙劣表现不以为然。
As I said, physicists do not become scientists for the money, so I don't want to downplay the financial problems that you may face.
正如我所说,物理学家不会成为科学家们的钱,所以我不想淡化的财务问题,你可能面临。
Iran's main state television channels did not air today's ceremony in an apparent attempt to downplay the controversy.
伊朗的主要国家电视频道为了淡化争议没有对今天的仪式进行现场直播。
Even the studies addressing the impact of meat on the planet downplay vegetarianism, as if the authors are nervous to press it on people.
即使是那些针对肉类对地球产生影响的相关研究,他们对素食主义也轻描淡写,好像作者们害怕将其强加于人一样。
However, Beijing has recently sought to downplay the capabilities of the carrier, saying it would be used for training and research.
然而,北京最近试图调低关于该舰战力的宣传,称它将用于训练与研究。
It would be irresponsible for me to downplay the magnitude of this crisis or assure you that everything is under control.
如果我缩小这次危机的严重性或向你们保证一切都在控制之中,就是不负责任的。
Curved shapes will downplay the angles of this face shape . Frames that are flat along the bottom can look boxy .
太阳镜的曲线将会弱化脸部的棱角。镜架下方过平的话会使脸颊看起来更方。
They would downplay their sense of vulnerability by, for example, comparing their own weight and diet favourably with that of their friends.
举个例子,他们通过和朋友比较体重和饮食习惯来忽视自己弱点。
However, Hanoi sought to downplay the drill Monday in an apparent attempt to not antagonize its larger neighbor unnecessarily.
不过,越南在周一力图对此次演习进行淡化处理,显然是为了避免不必要地激怒中国这个比它更大的邻国。
It may also induce aggression or downplay "feebleness in favor of a more pain-tolerant machismo, " the researchers said.
它也会引发挑衅,或淡化“虚弱突出疼痛忍耐度更强的男子气概,”研究人员说。
Sometimes adults try to downplay the problems teens have or think they're just a phase.
有时大人认为这是青春期男女必经的一个阶段,而试图淡化青春期男女所面临或者思考的问题。
Mr. Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to downplay the sniping from officials that dominated the run-up to the summit.
奥巴马和德国总理默克尔(AngelaMerkel)同意淡化处理双方官员在峰会前夕的龃龉。
They've done their best in the past to downplay theories that the ancient Mayas predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012.
过去,墨西哥考古机构尽了最大努力,对古玛雅人预言2012年是世界末日的说法,采取轻描淡写的态度。
Many within the military establishment downplay the idea of a "China threat, " asserting that China's aims are not expansionist.
许多军队编制内部淡化了“中国威胁”论,他们认为中国的目的不是并不是扩大军事主义。
Nevertheless, the government does not seem concerned enough to downplay the heat.
不过,政府似乎没有因为担忧而回避高温天气。
But Thursday, officials said they were surprised by the global media coverage the drill received, and they began to downplay it.
但官员周四说,他们对此次演习受到全球媒体的广泛关注感到意外,他们开始进行淡化。
The Bank of England's governor, Mervyn King, did little to downplay concerns about the sovereign debt crisis.
英格兰银行行长梅尔文·金没有试图降低人们对主权债务危机的忧虑情绪。
Indeed, if anything, Secretary Clinton seemed to downplay the nuclear threat from the North in her hearings.
事实上,国务卿希拉里似乎在听证会上淡化朝鲜核威胁的分量。
But i'm trying to downplay my awesomeness because it speaks for itself.
我想低调点行事因为这不言自明了啊。
The pro-Olympics lobby tends to downplay the disadvantages.
争取申奥的游说团体倾向忽视不利因素。
Chinese media have been ordered to downplay coverage of the attacks, but the news has still received widespread attention online.
中国媒体已经得到命令,要求降低袭击案的报道范围,但袭击案件的新闻还是在网络上得到了广泛的关注。
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