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downplay
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
downplays; downplayed; downplaying
downplays; downplayed; downplaying
Learner's definition of DOWNPLAY
[+ object]
: to make (something) seem smaller or less important淡化；轻视；贬低
- She downplayed [=played down] her role in the research.她对自己在研究中的作用轻描淡写。
- Athletes often downplay their injuries.运动员们经常对自己的伤势不够重视。
downplay
verb
down·play ˈdau̇n-ˌplā 
downplayed; downplaying; downplays
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Athletes often downplay their injuries. he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success
Recent Examples on the Web Some senators this week tried to downplay any concerns, noting that the final months of a campaign are often the most lucrative and that the Republican bet on digital fundraising could still pay off. 
Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022 Ukraine’s government is scrambling Tuesday to downplay concerns of a potential Russian invasion, despite the U.S. delivering another shipment of military aid and heightening the readiness of some 8,500 troops. Greg Norman, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2022 While Ume has sought to downplay any concerns that such amazing visual effects are a game-changer for political disinformation, other security experts are indeed concerned. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2021 Across the country, Republicans worked to downplay any concerns that health risks will keep some of their voters home, after Democrats heavily promoted mail-in and early in-person balloting to their voters. Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2020 Russian authorities, eager to downplay the significance of the apparent sabotage efforts, have blamed those incidents on the poor condition of the railway system. Guillaume Ptak, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2022 Officials continue to downplay the possible threat of the spread of monkeypox among children. Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 Today’s hearing is likely to focus on the pro-Trump Republican lawmakers who were communicating with the president during the insurrection, and have spent much of the past two years trying to downplay the attack. oregonlive, 21 July 2022 The tree tends to downplay the genetic variation within species, which can obscure the fact that common ancestors are actually diverse populations that can pass on different versions of a gene to different descendants. Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022 See More
Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022 Ukraine’s government is scrambling Tuesday to downplay concerns of a potential Russian invasion, despite the U.S. delivering another shipment of military aid and heightening the readiness of some 8,500 troops. Greg Norman, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2022 While Ume has sought to downplay any concerns that such amazing visual effects are a game-changer for political disinformation, other security experts are indeed concerned. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2021 Across the country, Republicans worked to downplay any concerns that health risks will keep some of their voters home, after Democrats heavily promoted mail-in and early in-person balloting to their voters. Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2020 Russian authorities, eager to downplay the significance of the apparent sabotage efforts, have blamed those incidents on the poor condition of the railway system. Guillaume Ptak, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2022 Officials continue to downplay the possible threat of the spread of monkeypox among children. Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 Today’s hearing is likely to focus on the pro-Trump Republican lawmakers who were communicating with the president during the insurrection, and have spent much of the past two years trying to downplay the attack. oregonlive, 21 July 2022 The tree tends to downplay the genetic variation within species, which can obscure the fact that common ancestors are actually diverse populations that can pass on different versions of a gene to different descendants. Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1948, in the meaning defined above
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