underplaying

英汉释义

• v.

  1.表演得不充分;故意地不作充分表演

  2.【牌】扣着(大牌)不出而出小牌;未充分发挥(手中大牌)的威力

• n.

  1.含蓄克制的表演;暗中活动;出小牌

英英释义

• v.

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

英汉例句

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

  核专家们说好几天以来日本一直在对危机的严重性轻描淡写。

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

  可这也不能成为媒体和众多医生隐瞒这种风险存在的借口。

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

  比如他只说强大权威的好处，却避而不谈，自由权的明智。