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
- Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters.
政治家必须学会对选民放低身价。 - 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。 - He can also play down the middle.
他同样可以在中场。 - Our government is trying to play down the abductees 'issue because they cannot do anything right now.
我国政府正试图淡化被绑架者问题,因为眼下他们什么也做不了。 - The government is trying to play down its role in the affair.
政府正设法淡化他在这件事情中的角色。 - 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。 - 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。 - They found that women students play down their gender as a way of blending in.
他们发现,作为融入方式,女学生弱化了自己的性别。 - You should not have let her play down by the old mine.
你不应该让她去那儿玩的。 - Desperate for any job, they play down qualifications and experience in their applications.
他们迫切想要得到工作,因此在申请时他们往往会贬低自己的资历和经验,降格以求。