underplaying

英 [ˌʌndəˈpleɪɪŋ] 美 [ˌʌndərˈpleɪɪŋ]

v.  低调处理; 降低…的重要性
underplay的现在分词



柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 贬低;对…轻描淡写
    If you underplay something, you make it seem less important than it really is.
    1. We often underplay the skills we have...
      我们常常贬低自身的技能。
    2. The problem of alcoholism was, and still is, often underplayed.
      酗酒问题在过去常常被忽视,现在依然如此。
  2. in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 play down


双语例句

  1. An IT director who secures a project by underplaying the resource and time requirements might expect the project to make him look good and gain him a promotion.
    一个通过对资源和时间需求轻描淡写来保护一个项目的IT指导者可能期望该项目能使他体面并令他晋升。
  2. But in general, reporting has been responsible and accurate, neither underplaying nor exaggerating the threat, whilst scrutinising issues such as the need to treat the developing world fairly.
    但是在总体上,报道是负责而准确的,既没有轻描淡写也没有夸大这一威胁,同时仔细审视了诸如需要公平对待发展中国家等问题。
  3. I also admit to underplaying the role that better central bank policy has played in creating greater macroeconomic certainty, thereby directly enhancing growth.
    我也承认更好的央行政策在消除宏观经济的不确定性、进而直接提高经济增长率方面所发挥的作用。
  4. When the quantity of monitor points and the strength of monitor increase, manual operations make mistakes easily and can not find the security risks of passenger flow immediately. It leads to the passive response of railway passenger hub emergency handling and underplaying initiative of video surveillance systems.
    当监控点增多、监控强度加大时,人工操作容易产生失误,不能及时发现客流安全隐患,导致铁路客运枢纽客流安全应急响应处置只能被动回应,并未充分发挥枢纽视频监控系统的主动性。