GRE

underplay单词基本解析：

vt.淡化…的重要性; 使显得不如其实际重要; 表演（角色）不充分; 为了不充分显示力量而小心行事vi.表演角色不充分（或有节制）
v.轻描淡写,表演不充分n.不充分的表演,暗中的活动
vt.淡化…的重要性；使显得不如其实际重要；表演（角色）不充分；为了不充分显示力量而小心行事

underplay变化用词：

第三人称单数:underplays;过去式:underplayed;过去分词:underplayed;现在分词:underplaying;
动词过去式: underplayed | 动词过去分词: underplayed | 动词现在分词: underplaying | 动词第三人称单数: underplays |
过去式：underplayed过去分词：underplayed现在分词：underplaying第三人称单数：underplays

underplay英英释义：

Verb

1. act (a role) with great restraint

2. play a card lower than (a held high card)

动词 underplay:

act (a role) with great restraint

同义词：underact

play a card lower than (a held high card)underplay[ ,ʌndə'plei ]v.act (a role) with great restraint

同义词：underact

play a card lower than (a held high card)

underplay中文词源：

underplay用法和例句：

We often underplay the skills we have.

我们常常贬低自身的技能。

柯林斯例句

underplay

second, the role of bank holding companies may further increase the incentives of shareholders to underplay risk;

其次，银行控股公司的职能，可能会进一步增加股东不重视风险的动机；

If there are recruiters out there telling job seekers to underplay their ambitions and qualifications, then certainly I could do better.

如果有招聘人员告诉找工作的人对自己的雄心壮志和资历轻描淡写的话，那我肯定能比他们做得更好。

underplay certainaspects, factors, elements, etc

对某些方面﹑ 因素﹑ 成分等不够重视.

Underplay certainaspects,factors,elements,etc

对某些方面、因素、成分等不够重视.

Peter Newmark has called on the translators to bring their attention to “two underplay aspects of translation”, one of which is “the approach to non-literary translation.

彼德纽马克呼吁翻译者注意“翻译中两个未被引起重视的方面” ，其中之一就是“非文学翻译”。奈达还要求更多地注意探索新的翻译领域。

underplay one's difficulties

掩饰自己的困难

The latest official figures show inflation running at about 16 percent but economists say official figures underplay what Iranians pay for basic food in shops .

最新的官方数据显示，通货膨胀率约达16%，不过经济学家说官方数字蓄意低估人民实际购买基本粮食的金额。

Opinion polls underplay Mr Le Pen's support;

民意测验不能充分说明勒庞的支持度；

Opinion polls underplay Mr Le Pen's support; almost half of respondents say they are undecided.

民意测验不能充分说明勒庞的支持度；几乎一半的受调查者声称他们尚未决定。

To understate(a role) intentionally; underplay.

表演有克制有意识轻描淡写（一角色）；含蓄克制地扮演

Underplay the importance of money in life

贬低金钱在生活中的重要性

Such optimism may underplay the potential channels through which the subprime mess can infect other countries.

这些乐观主义者忽视了次级危机传染到其它国家通道的重要性。

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