play down
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- na.(迎合对方的意思)放低语气 减弱；轻描淡写
- 网络贬低；淡化；降低
词形变化
第三人称单数：plays down 现在分词：playing down 过去式：played down 反义词
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英汉解释
na. | 1. (迎合对方的意思)放低语气 (to) 减弱;缩小某事的重要性,轻描淡写 |
英英解释
例句
The doctors thought it necessary to play down the serious nature of her illness.
医生认为把她的严重病情说得轻一些是必要的。
All the stories can seem to play down the fact: the female lead could be as low, but it must be beautiful, and temperament to be different.
可所有的故事似乎都在淡化一个事实：女主角可以身份低微，但必须美丽，而且气质必须与众不同。
Similarly, as a result of the act itself is usually hidden motive and had an ulterior motive, so you may be using friends, play down.
同样的情况下，由于本身的行事动机通常隐密而别具用心，所以你可能会被朋友利用、贬低。
Among the callers were several corporate sponsors, none of whom, he said, indicated that they now would drop or play down Mr. Yao.
他说，几家赞助商也打来了电话，没有一家表示会终止或减少与姚明的合作。
Democrats, who play down the prospects of any major polling left for Mr. Obama, acknowledge that they do not have an easy case to make.
民主党人淡化处理了对会后主要民调中奥巴马表现的期待，他们承认任务并不轻松。
China has repeatedly called for the captain's release, all the while trying to play down nationalist sentiment at home.
中国不断呼吁释放被捕的船长，同时试图淡化国内的民族情绪。
Ms Faust tends to play down the significance of her gender .
福斯特倾向于降低她性别的重要性。
The doctors thought it kind to play down the serious nature of her illness.
医生们认为把她严重的病情说得轻微一些是仁慈的做法。
Neither twin had played a full match in a year, but they were keen to play down their scintillating start to life at United.
值得一提的是两兄弟在为曼联上阵的一年前都没踢过一场完整的比赛，可是一下场他们立即有不俗的表现。
David Viniar, Goldman's chief financial officer, attempted to play down the bank's record remuneration prospects last week.
高盛集团首席财务官大卫·维尼亚（DavidViniar）上周试图淡化该银行创记录的预期薪酬水平所引起的关注。
Lost to the nest, burn all the rations , and Guandu but did not play down.
鸟巢失守，军粮全部烧光，而官渡却打不下来。
I'll temper a story, yes. But I won't play down, and I won't patronize.
我编构故事，是的，但我没有贬低别人或卑躬屈膝。
ARM executives play down such a dramatic story line in their typical, low-key fashion.
ARM高管以他们典型的、不引人注意的方式对此类戏剧性的情节予以轻描淡写。
Someone in the face of Sean he and his family relations on the straight play down, Sean think was the great shame.
有人当着肖恩的面评论了他和家人关系直剧下滑，肖恩觉得受到了奇耻大辱。
She has been trying to play down her colorful past since marrying Nicolas Sarkozy two years ago.
在嫁给法国总统尼古拉•萨科奇两年来，布吕尼一直努力和她“丰富多彩”的过去说再见。
Through repair work or the preparation of literature books, play down the sense of Han nationality.
通过重修或编写文献典籍，淡化汉民族意识。
CHINA'S official news agency, Xinhua, usually prefers to play down the extent of any public protest.
中国的官方通讯社新华社通常喜欢在报道时降低公众抗议游行的严重程度。
God has finally sent a messenger to warm the cold wind, the wind to play down the hate.
上帝终于派来了使者，来温暖风的冰冷，淡化风的恨意。
The prospectus certainly does not play down the risks of this exercise.
当然，招股书并没有对这项业务的风险轻描淡写。
Scientists deliberately exaggerate the positive effects of their inventions and play down the negative impacts.
科学家有意夸大其发明物的正面作用，有意隐瞒其负面影响。
But experts play down the debate over whether debtholders should fully disclose their other holdings to provide transparency.
不过，对于债券持有人是否应全面披露其它持有头寸、以提高透明度的辩论，专家们不以为然。
Third, core measures tend to stress the disinflationary supply-side of globalisation, but play down the inflationary pressures on demand.
第三，核心度量标准往往强调抑制通货膨胀的全球化供应端，但看轻需求端的通货膨胀压力。
A few weeks later, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao tried to play down the controversy over Koguryo during a visit to Seoul.
几周后，在对韩国的访问的时候，中国总理温家宝试图降低关于高句丽历史问题的争议。
Government ministers play down the prospect of clashes, saying there is no reason why the relationship should alter.
政府部长们试图减少可能的冲突，表示没有理由改变现有的关系。
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。
In a blog post published the same day, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's boss, tried to play down the impact of the deal.
在决议出台的同一天发布的博客中，Facebook的老板，马克·扎克伯格（MarkZuckerberg），试图降低决议的影响。
he tried to play down the seriousness of his illness.
他试图淡化他病情的严重性。
It might, of course, accidentally play down the risk in its efforts to avoid panic.
在这种努力下，或许侥幸能够减轻大众的恐慌。
But decorated with citrine, topaz and other intermediate colors of precious stones, can play a good play down the role of the skin.
但饰用茶晶、黄玉等中间色调的宝石，可起到淡化皮肤的良好作用。
After the accident, the U. S. military efforts to play down the incident in the negative effects of nuclear weapons security.
事故发生后，美国军方努力淡化这一事件在核武器安全方面的负面影响。
However, a widespread perception that regulators play down problems is undermining officials' efforts to keep the public calm.
然而，人们普遍觉得，监管机构在淡化问题的严重性，这种看法正在削弱官员们试图安抚公众情绪的努力。
Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters, so that they seem to be ordinary people and not someone too clever and untrustworthy.
搞政治的人得学会对选民态度随和，看起来像普通百姓，而非过分滑头，不可信赖。
Joint stock price strategy that coal prices remain at the course will play down the role of smooth performance.
联合证券认为这种价格策略的维持在煤价下行过程中将起到平滑业绩作用。
the application of new information technology play down cost , augment benefit and improve competition.
对新的信息技术的应用，可以减少成本，增加效益，提高企业竞争力。
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。
The dip in headline consumer inflation led some economists to play down the prospects for a swift hike in interest rates .
综合消费者物价指数上涨放缓，令一些经济学家降低了政府很快加息的可能性。
Each proceeds to play down the role of his own country.
每进行一步就会使自己国家的作用更少一点。
The general tried to play down the military defeat.
将军设法减低战败的严重性。
After the meeting, Sarkozy took pains to play down any split with China and stressed he was free to talk to whomever he wants.
会见后，萨科齐尽力淡化与中国的分歧，并强调说，他有权利会见任何人。
Watchdogs on both sides of the ocean play down the idea that the Europeans bite more often than the Americans.
大西洋两岸的看门狗们往往忽略了，欧洲的看门狗比美囯咬的人要少。
