downplay

🇬🇧 UK/'daunplei/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To make something seem less important or significant than it really is.

淡化,低估,不予重视

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
downdown, away, reversal
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playstem
=downplay

Common Collocations

  • 1.downplay the importance淡化重要性
  • 2.downplay the risk低估风险

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The company attempted to downplay the environmental impact of their new factory operations.

  • 2.

    He downplayed his own role in the project's success to give credit to his teammates.

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