| 释义 |
☞ playplay sth downphrasal verb (rather informal, especially journalism尤用于新闻) to try to make sth seem less important or less serious than it really is使显得不重要；贬低；淡化◆the government has been playing down rumours of differences of opinion.政府一直在淡化有关意见分歧的传言。ⓘ play sth down is often used by journalists to report attempts by governments or other organizations to stop people from losing confidence in them.新闻记者常用 play sth down 表示政府或其他组织企图淡化矛盾，防止人们对其失去信心。 play sth down to make sth seem less important than it really is 降低某事物的重要性；淡化: ◇to play down a crisis 把危机的严重性讲得轻些 |