downplayed is downplay's Past Tense

downplay

US [ˈdaʊnˌpleɪ]
UK [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ]
  • v.贬低；低估
  • Web低调处理；对…轻描淡写；不予重视
Simple Present：downplays  Present Participle：downplaying  Past Tense：downplayed  

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v.
1.
贬低;低估

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AllAll,贬低贬低,低估低估,低调处理低调处理,对…轻描淡写对…轻描淡写,不予重视不予重视
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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.
The White House downplayed the lower job numbers as just a bump in the road.
白宫淡化为仅仅是在路上颠簸了较低的工作号码。
bái gōng dàn huà wèi jǐn jǐn shì zài lù shang diān bǒ le jiào dī de gōng zuò hào mǎ 。
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3.
In an interview on Europe1 radio, Kouchner downplayed the discussions, saying they did not amount to establishing relations with Hamas.
库什内在接受“欧洲一台”广播电台采访时，对这次会谈表示低调。他说，会谈的目的并不是要和哈马斯建立关系。
kù shí nèi zài jiē shòu " ōu zhōu yī tái " guǎng bō diàn tái cǎi fǎng shí , duì zhè cì huì tán biǎo shì dī diào 。 tā shuō , huì tán de mù dì bìng bú shì yào hé hā mǎ sī jiàn lì guān xì 。
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4.
Small is often downplayed in this world of "bigger means better" .
“小”在“越大越好”的世界里经常被低估。
" xiǎo " zài " yuè dà yuè hǎo " de shì jiè lǐ jīng cháng bèi dī gū 。
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5.
However, the Bank downplayed inflation risks, suggesting that over the medium-term inflation should come back to the target rate.
但是，联储看淡通胀风险，暗示中期通胀势必回落至目标水平。
dàn shì , lián chǔ kàn dàn tōng zhàng fēng xiǎn , àn shì zhōng qī tōng zhàng shì bì huí luò zhì mù biāo shuǐ píng 。
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6.
Twentieth Century Fox downplayed the value of the pirated copy, noting that it was not the final version.
二十世纪福克斯电影公司淡化翻版的价值，指出这不是最后的版本。
èr shí shì jì fú kè sī diàn yǐng gōng sī dàn huà fān bǎn de jià zhí , zhǐ chū zhè bú shì zuì hòu de bǎn běn 。
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7.
He also downplayed the notion, advanced by the EU, that the United States and European Union would send a joint mediation team to Kenya.
麦科马克还低调处理了欧盟提出的美国和欧盟将向肯尼亚派出一个联合调停小组的说法。
mài kē mǎ kè hái dī diào chǔ lǐ le ōu méng tí chū de měi guó hé ōu méng jiāng xiàng kěn ní yà pài chū yī gè lián hé tiáo tíng xiǎo zǔ de shuō fǎ 。
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8.
In contrast, the fact that China remains an autocracy was politely downplayed by Mr Obama on his visit to Shanghai and Beijing last week.
相比之下，奥巴马上周访问上海和北京时，对中国仍是专制国家这一事实却礼貌地加以淡化。
xiāng bǐ zhī xià , ào bā mǎ shàng zhōu fǎng wèn shàng hǎi hé běi jīng shí , duì zhōng guó réng shì zhuān zhì guó jiā zhè yī shì shí què lǐ mào de jiā yǐ dàn huà 。
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Involve interface designers in this scheduling, to guard against usability flaws being downplayed because "it's just a UI issue" .
在设置这个时间的时候要把界面设计这加进来，保证可用性问题不会应为“只是个UI问题”的借口不予重视。
zài shè zhì zhè ge shí jiān de shí hou yào bǎ jiè miàn shè jì zhè jiā jìn lái , bǎo zhèng kě yòng xìng wèn tí bú huì yīng wèi " zhǐ shì gè UI wèn tí " de jiè kǒu bù yǔ zhòng shì 。
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10.
Those who downplayed the concern noted that the date would translate into machine code as 090999, which would not stop any process.
那些不重视这种忧虑的人注意到，日期会转化成如同090999一样的机器代码，这就不会停止任何计算处理。
nà xiē bù zhòng shì zhè zhǒng yōu lǜ de rén zhù yì dào , rì qī huì zhuǎn huà chéng rú tóng líng jiǔ líng jiǔ jiǔ jiǔ yí yàng de jī qì dài mǎ , zhè jiù bú huì tíng zhǐ rèn hé jì suàn chǔ lǐ 。
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