单词 downplayed 释义 BETA

Examples ofdownplayed

Dictionary> Examples ofdownplayeddownplayedisn’t in the Cambridge Dictionary yet. You can help!Add a definitionLabor officials and others consistentlydownplayedthe wider political significance of the employer-mandate idea.From theCambridge English CorpusThese authors suggest that a goal of ethics commentators is to emphasize the facts, especially those that have been omitted ordownplayed.From theCambridge English CorpusWhile not denying that they had confined their wives, theydownplayedits significance.From theCambridge English CorpusOfficials failed to anticipate its seriousness and when evidence trickled in of urban joblessness, theydownplayedits significance.From theCambridge English CorpusRelationships that transcend state boundaries and involve non-state actors aredownplayedif not ignored.From theCambridge English CorpusHowever, her femininity wasdownplayedwhenever contemporary pandilleros talked about her.From theCambridge English CorpusOur findings, in the same vein, indicate that the assumed central role of recursive center-embedding should also bedownplayedin language origins research.From theCambridge English CorpusWe oftendownplayedthe issue of women's empowerment.From theCambridge English CorpusOverall, historians havedownplayedthe incident or disagreed about the details and its significance.From theCambridge English CorpusIn extended dispute sequences, oppositional stances are more elaborated - that is, they are escalated ordownplayedthrough step-by-step coordination of turns.From theCambridge English CorpusSecond, any adverse effects on those found to be positive tend to be overlooked ordownplayed.From theCambridge English CorpusFirst, the association between services and manufacturing isdownplayedfrom the outset.From theCambridge English CorpusYet, even so, on arrival in the camp the typhus problem wasdownplayed.From theCambridge English CorpusBioprospecting values have been both touted as the saviour of the world's biodiversity, anddownplayedas being so small as to create no conservation incentive.From theCambridge English CorpusFinally, itdownplayedthe issue of race by articulating an egalitarian and homogenous (though sexist) notion of human nature.From theCambridge English CorpusThat changing norms have this embarrassing implication is one reason why the historical evolution of norms isdownplayedby these theorists.From theCambridge English CorpusA ' 'solid start ' ' was only possible because many had gone to exile and death, a point acknowledged but ultimatelydownplayedby this collection.From theCambridge English CorpusAlthough the emotional consequences and impact on self-esteem of ' failing ' should not bedownplayed, some older students appear to see these risks as manageable.From theCambridge English Corpus

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