| 词汇 | play-down |
| 释义 | play something downphrasal verb with playverbuk /pleɪ/ us /pleɪ/ to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is: 对…轻描淡写;贬低;低估 Military spokespeople tried to play down the seriousness of the disaster.军方发言人竭力淡化灾难的严重程度。 Ministers played down the prospect of a spring election. Although I'm excited, I'm playing down my promotion so that the others don't get jealous. It's probably wise to play down your connection with the Communist party. The documentary played down the break-up of his first marriage. A Pentagon spokesman was trying to play down the significance of the incident. Exaggerating & playing down bloviate blow something out of proportionidiom cartoonish cartoonishly catastrophize fulsome go overboardidiom inflated make a mountain out of a molehillidiom make little of somethingidiom make much of somethingidiom make something of something/someone meal mildly minimization OTT protest too muchidiom romanticize underplay underrate play down something | American Dictionaryplay down somethingphrasal verb with playverbus/pleɪ/ to make something seem less important than or not as bad as it really is: The doctor tried to play down the seriousness of my father’s illness, but we weren’t fooled. play sth down | Business Englishplay sth downphrasal verb with playverbuk /pleɪ/us to say that something is not important, especially because you do not want it to be known publicly: Insiders are playing the matter down, stressing the investigation is industry-wide and not specific to their own investment bank. |
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