PHRASAL VERB 降低…的重要性；贬低；淡化 If you play down something, you try to make people believe that it is not particularly important. 降低…的重要性；贬低；淡化
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Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports. [VERB PREP. noun]
西方外交官刻意贬低这些报告的重要性。
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He plays down rumours that he aims to become a Labour MP. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
他对那些说他想要成为工党下院议员的传言轻描淡写。
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Both London and Dublin are playing the matter down. [VERB noun PREP.]
伦敦和都柏林方面对此事都在有意淡化。
SYN minimize, make light of, gloss over, talk down