play down

英 [pleɪ daʊn] 美 [pleɪ daʊn]

• 降低； 贬低； 减弱； 淡化

play down的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

参考翻译

• 缩小…的重要性

英英释义

Verb:

1. understate the importance or quality of;

   "he played down his royal ancestry"
   

play down的用法和样例：

例句

1. We must keep down the cost of production.
   我们必须降低成本。
2. Cocoons mission difficulty tuned down.
   降低了消灭虫茧的任务难度。
3. She tried to play down his part in the affair.
   她极力贬低他在这一事件中的作用。
4. He's always running down his wife's cooking.
   他总是贬低妻子的烹饪技术。
5. The electrician took the houselights down.
   电工将剧场中观众席上的灯光减弱了一点。
6. I don't think that will cool his eagerness down.
   我并不认为那会使他迫切的心情有所减弱。
7. He has tried to play down his involvement in the affair.
   他极力淡化与该事的瓜葛。
8. The UK also played down the threat posed by migratory birds.
   英国也在淡化侯鸟造成的威胁。

词汇搭配

• play down to someone 故意对某人态度谦和...
• play down 降低
• play down on 用卑鄙手段欺骗...
• play down one's tune 降低调子

play down的相关资料：

近反义词

【近义词】

• background 背景
• downplay 低估

【反义词】

• play up 强调