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
- You play down, you could end up losing.
发挥不好你就可能输掉。 - 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。 - 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。 - The reporter wrote the play down, as he had not liked it.
那记者轻描淡写地评价了一下那个剧，因为它不喜欢它。 - He tried to play down my part in the work and play up his own.
他极力贬低我在这工作中的作用，而拼命抬高他自己的份量。 - We noticed that tried to play down her glamour and be more like Eleanor Roosevelt.
我们注意到，Faye有意抑制自己的魅力，使自己更象埃莉诺？罗斯福。 - 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。 - You should not have let her play down by the old mine.
你不应该让她去那儿玩的。