英语释义

1. to attach little importance to minimize

英汉例句

• However, a day later civil servants were already planning to play down the story.

  然而，一天后，行政人员便已计划淡化此事。

• Third, core measures tend to stress the disinflationary supply-side of globalisation, but play down the inflationary pressures on demand.

  第三，核心度量标準趋向于强调通过全球化的减税刺激生产和投资来制止通货膨胀，但是一经需求便会降低通货膨胀压力。

• Since then, the BJP has sought to play down its fondness for its Hindu-chauvinist ideology, Hindutva (literally 「Hinduness」), which seems to turn off increasing numbers of Indians.

  自那时以来，印度人民党已经开始着手降低对其印度教沙文主义理念——印度教教派主义思想(照字面意义是「印度教义」)——的热衷。

• The general tried to play down the military defeat.

  将军设法减低战败的严重性。

• And over the past generation, outside political leaders have drawn a similar conclusion, choosing to play down human rights in the hopes of effecting change.

  在过去一代人的时间里，外国政界领袖也得出了一个类似的结论，因而选择低调处理人权问题，希望能带来变化。

• It might, of course, accidentally play down the risk in its efforts to avoid panic.

  当然，这只是为了减少恐慌而采取的权宜之举。

• The Elysée Palace sought to play down the health scare, saying the president would be back at work , but it came as a knock to Sarkozy「s image as the youthful jogging obsessive dubbed 「Speedy Sarko」.

  爱丽舍宫着手消除对其健康的顾虑，声明总统先生会回来工作，但该事件对萨科奇那深入人心的、青春慢跑的「飞快的萨克」形象仍是沉重的一击。

• But the South」s current president, Roh Moo-hyun, would be well-advised to play down expectations about his summit with Mr Kim in Pyongyang at the end of the month.

  但是应该有人已经建议韩国的现总统卢武炫，要刻意压低对这个月末在平壤举行的首脑峰会的期待。

• Play up personal strengths and play down competitions.

  强调个人优点而降低竞争的重要性。

• I raised this instance not to play down the importance of psychology.

  我举这个例子并不是说心理素质不重要。

• 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。

• Bernanke also tried to play down Wall Street「s fears about the results of the crucial 「stress tests」 faced by US Banks, expected this week.

  目前美国银行业正面临着前所未有的「压力测试」，伯南克也希望此番谈话能够降低华尔街对银行业状况的恐慌。

• Cambodia」s prime minister, Hun Sen, sought to play down the fighting as a dispute between neighbours.

  柬埔寨总理洪森，设法将此次战火降低至邻居间的争论。

• Desperate for any job, they play down qualifications and experience in their applications.

  他们迫切想要得到工作，因此在申请时他们往往会贬低自己的资历和经验，降格以求。

• And even though prosecutors tried to play down the genetic evidence, Beaty felt it was a major factor.

  而且即使检察官试图淡化遗传学证据，贝蒂认为这是一个主要因素。

• Still, she is quick to play down expectations, noting that the system is still in development.

  不过她很快降低了大家的期望，解释到这个系统仍还在研制中。

• 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。

• It is wrong to play down the costs of globalization, but the reality is that we「ve been playing down its benefits for a long time.

  抑制全球化是错误的，但事实却是长期以来我们从全球化中所获得的收益一直在减少。

• The British Museum tends to play down the more oppressive aspects of Mexica rule: their constant wars in search of tribute and of captives for sacrifice to bloodthirsty gods helped cortes gain Allies.

  大英博物馆的这次展览倾向于弱化墨西卡时期的暴虐统治：经常发动战争掠夺贡品和战俘，战俘被用来祭祀嗜血的神灵，他们帮助科尔特斯得到了盟友。

• They play down the result」s wider significance for a country they view as a declining power while predicting that little will change in practice.

  他们并不认为大选结果对于日本有着更深层次的重要意义。在他们的心目中，日本不过是一个正在衰落的国家，他们预期这一事实几乎不会出现变化。

• Cappa himself often tries to play down the comparisons, but his teams do play tremendously open football.

  尽管卡帕自己经常设法淡化这种比较，但是他的球队确实踢的是极为开放的足球。

• They would rather emphasise their expertise in a specific industry and play down their nationality.

  他们宁愿更多的将他们的特长应用到特殊的行业而减少了他们的民族性。

• Both the Norwegians and Mr Kuntoro play down the importance of the delay in issuing the decree, and indeed of the moratorium itself.

  不管是挪威人还是坤托罗先生都认为是否延期发布法令和有必要实施暂时禁止砍伐森林都不是最重要的。

• Disaster education, mainly in the form of jolly cartoons, seems designed to play down the dangers.

  灾难教育的设计似乎是为了减少人们对危险的恐惧，尤其是那些好玩的卡通形象。

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