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单词 underplay
释义
underplay
verb[T]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈpleɪ/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈpleɪ/
to make something such as adangeroussituationseemlessimportantordangerousthan it really is:
低调处理；对…轻描淡写；贬低…的重要性
While notwantingto underplay theseriousnessof thesituation, I have to say that it is not asbadaspeopleseemtothink.尽管我并不想低估形势的严重性，但还是不得不说事情并不像人们想象的那么糟糕。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Exaggerating & playing down
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  • minimize
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  • overstatement
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(Definition ofunderplayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunderplay

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Several contributors try tounderplaythe role of epistasis, largely because it has little effect on genetic variance!
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This is that the potential savings made are likely to be hugely exaggerated and that the costs will be underplayed.
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Yet these theoriesunderplaythe fact that the public arena is inherently conflictual and based on strategic decisions.
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He also underplays the nonviolent movement's use of coercion, such as boycotts, to try to force change.
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Belief in the caring generosity of physicians falsifies what we know about them by emphasizing their virtues and underplaying their other commitments and motivations.
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Falk's proposal, although promising, underplays the role of the infant.
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The book is, however, relentlessly political and wholly underplays the economic aspects.
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This underestimates the number who enforced it, and underplays the encouragement that others gave to the practice.
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In the opinion of my two touring managers, the promoters have in this exercise underplayed the amount of miscommunication that goes on.
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Participants noted the tendency of positivist social science tounderplaythe role of norms.
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It underplayed the expression of personal meaning in favor of learning structural patterns of the language.
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All too often, however, the emphasis on patient autonomy has underplayed the autonomy of others.
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In particular, the contribution of housing policies to the problem are underplayed.
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This has tended to produce a one-sided vision of the construction of the school system that seriously underplays the dynamic social processes and conflicts involved.
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Whilst the author correctly identifies ' ageism ' as a prevalent feature of our current welfare system for older people, he underplays the topic of gender.
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