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
- 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。 - 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。 - The government are trying to play down their involvement in the affair.
政府极力淡化与该事的瓜葛。 - Recognizing this, not a correct view of information technology and management of the relationship between over-emphasized the role of information technology and management to play down the role.
这种认识，没有正确看待信息化与管理的关系，过份强调了信息化的作用而淡化了管理的作用。 - You should not have let her play down by the old mine.
你不应该让她去那儿玩的。 - 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。 - He will play down the financial difficulties of the company.
他故意把公司的财政困难讲得轻些。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。