downplay
v. 低估；对…轻描淡写；不予重视
过去式：downplayed 过去分词：downplayed 现在分词：downplaying 第三人称单数：downplays
近义词：tonedown，moderate，restrain，soften，modulate，talkdown，minimize，minimise，understate，playdown，background，
英英释义
Verb
- represent as less significant or important
- understate the importance or quality of;
"he played down his royal ancestry"
例句
- Which does he downplay or ignore altogether? 又轻描淡写或完全忽略了哪些?
- Mill seems to downplay the importance and terribleness of death. 表面上看来，密尔轻视死的重要性与恐怖性。
- 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。
- As for Mr. Ross, he tends to downplay the record and his space achievements. 至于罗斯上校本人，并不怎么以自己的太空记录和太空成就沾沾自喜。
- The humiliation of defeat in 1982 caused Argentina to downplay the dispute. 1982年马岛战争失败后，阿根廷暂时搁置了争议。
- Very often in Christian circles, we downplay people's doubts or questions. 很多时候，在基督徒的圈子里，我们压抑疑问和困惑。