轻描淡写

[qīng miáo dàn xiě]

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Definition:
AllAll,touch on lightlytouch on lightly,adumbrateadumbrate,understatementunderstatement,play downplay down,underplayunderplay
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
The chairman downplayed the question of your appointment.
主席轻描淡写地谈及你任命一事。
zhǔ xí qīng miáo dàn xiě de tán jí nǐ rèn mìng yī shì 。
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2.
But Mr Sharma played down the defeats, insisting India was not trying to compete with China.
但是，沙玛对这些失败轻描淡写，并坚称印度没有试图与中国竞争。
dàn shì , shā mǎ duì zhè xiē shī bài qīng miáo dàn xiě , bìng jiān chēng yìn dù méi yǒu shì tú yǔ zhōng guó jìng zhēng 。
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3.
The Treasury played down suggestions that it was making emergency contingency plans to shore up Lloyds let alone nationalise the bank.
财政部轻描淡写其设计的紧急意外事故方案来帮组劳埃德独自完成国有化。
cái zhèng bù qīng miáo dàn xiě qí shè jì de jǐn jí yì wài shì gù fāng àn lái bāng zǔ láo āi dé dú zì wán chéng guó yǒu huà 。
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4.
Even the studies addressing the impact of meat on the planet downplay vegetarianism, as if the authors are nervous to press it on people.
即使是那些针对肉类对地球产生影响的相关研究，他们对素食主义也轻描淡写，好像作者们害怕将其强加于人一样。
jí shǐ shì nà xiē zhēn duì ròu lèi duì dì qiú chǎn shēng yǐng xiǎng de xiāng guān yán jiū , tā men duì sù shí zhǔ yì yě qīng miáo dàn xiě , hǎo xiàng zuò zhě men hài pà jiāng qí qiáng jiā yú rén yí yàng 。
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5.
He makes light of favours while he does them and seems to be receiving when he is conferring .
在给别人帮助时，他会轻描淡写，让人感觉他似乎是在接受帮助而不是给予帮助。
zài gěi bié rén bāng zhù shí , tā huì qīng miáo dàn xiě , ràng rén gǎn jué tā sì hū shì zài jiē shòu bāng zhù ér bú shì jǐ yǔ bāng zhù 。
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6.
"I've never really had a relationship with Hollywood, " she says as if the home of American movies is a four-letter word.
“我从来没有真正与好莱坞有过实质的关系，”她轻描淡写的说，仿佛好莱坞不过是几个普通的字母，而非每个电影人的最终梦想。
" wǒ cóng lái méi yǒu zhēn zhèng yǔ hǎo lái wù yǒu guò shí zhì de guān xì , " tā qīng miáo dàn xiě de shuō , fǎng fú hǎo lái wù bú guò shì jǐ gè pǔ tōng de zì mǔ , ér fēi měi gè diàn yǐng rén de zuì zhōng mèng xiǎng 。
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7.
To say that this combination of European leaders does not truly reflect the diversity of European opinion would be an understatement.
有关欧盟领导人的这种组合不会真正反映出欧盟观点多样化的言论是有意在轻描淡写。
yǒu guān ōu méng lǐng dǎo rén de zhè zhǒng zǔ hé bú huì zhēn zhèng fǎn yìng chū ōu méng guān diǎn duō yàng huà de yán lùn shì yǒu yì zài qīng miáo dàn xiě 。
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8.
the rest is drawn lightly, roughly, as if out of focus.
其余的部分则是轻描淡写，有如失焦一般。
qí yú de bù fen zé shì qīng miáo dàn xiě , yǒu rú shī jiāo yì bān 。
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9.
HENRY KISSINGER was guilty of understatement when he said that power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
“权力是最好的催情剂”，亨利•基辛格这一说法有轻描淡写之过。
" quán lì shì zuì hǎo de cuī qíng jì " , hēng lì • jī xīn gé zhè yī shuō fǎ yǒu qīng miáo dàn xiě zhī guò 。
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10.
I nearly have a fit if anyone in the office says something as mild as "poor you" because I feel they are trying to get one over on me.
如果办公室里有人哪怕只是说了句“你这可怜的人儿”这样轻描淡写的话，我都几乎要火冒三丈，因为我觉得他们是在试图让我难堪。
rú guǒ bàn gōng shì lǐ yǒu rén nǎ pà zhǐ shì shuō le jù " nǐ zhè kě lián de rén ér " zhè yàng qīng miáo dàn xiě de huà , wǒ dōu jī hū yào huǒ mào sān zhàng , yīn wèi wǒ jué de tā men shì zài shì tú ràng wǒ nán kān 。
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