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单词 downplay
释义  down·play /ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ $ ˈdaʊnpleɪ/ verb [transitive]  UNIMPORTANTto make something seem less important than it really is 淡化…的重要性,对…轻描淡写 SYN play down White House officials attempted to downplay the president’s role in the affair. 白宫官员试图为总统在这一事件中的责任开脱。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdownplay• On the other hand, by downplaying her own commitment to gay rights, she seemed to be validating the political closet.• Also, in focusing on two-year institutions, I do not mean to downplay the role of four-year colleges and universities.• Grandma downplays the seriousness of her health problems.• Such stereotypic thinking forces even black stations to downplay their blackness in order to compete for the advertising dollars.down·play verbChineseSyllable  seem is to something less Corpus important make really it than
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