underplaying

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• v.表演得不充分；故意地不作充分表演；【牌】扣著(大牌)不出而出小牌
• n.含蓄克制的表演；暗中活動(dòng)；出小牌
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)輕描淡寫；淡化…的重要性；表演不充分

詞形變化

第三人稱單數(shù)：underplays  現(xiàn)在分詞：underplaying  過去式：underplayed  

反義詞

同義詞

英漢解釋

v.	1. 表演得不充分;故意地不作充分表演 2. 【牌】扣著(大牌)不出而出小牌;未充分發(fā)揮(手中大牌)的威力
n.	1. 含蓄克制的表演;暗中活動(dòng);出小牌

英英解釋

v.	1. to make something seem less important or serious than it really is

例句

Nuclear experts have been saying for days that Japan was underplaying the crisis' severity.

核專家們說好幾天以來(lái)日本一直在對(duì)危機(jī)的嚴(yán)重性輕描淡寫。

But that doesn't excuse the media and many doctors from underplaying them.

可這也不能成為媒體和眾多醫(yī)生隱瞞這種風(fēng)險(xiǎn)存在的借口。

And he talked about strong authority underplaying judicious liberty, for example.

比如他只說強(qiáng)大權(quán)威的好處，卻避而不談，自由權(quán)的明智。