underplay

1 Stewart anchors everything with a finely tuned if not slightly underplayed performance that catches her character in moments of doubt about the course and the man she has chosen.

2 Of the many scandals swirling around Donald Trump prior to his surprise election as president in 2016, perhaps the most telling — if tragically underplayed by the mainstream media — was the legal drama around Trump University.

3 But the issue may be credibility and trust: Many people, particularly people of color, have long harbored the suspicion that the news media underplay stories about race and racism.

4 Phrases used only by people who originally denied or underplayed these incidents.

5 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。

6 Shannon Cochran, a terrific dramatic actress, played the role of Nora in a production directed by Shelley Butler that underplayed the comedy.

7 The director Gustaf Molander taught her, she wrote, “how to underplay, to be absolutely sincere and natural: ‘Never try to be cute.

8 Presumably directed over the seasons to underplay, they’ve consistently worked against any temptation to resort to clichéd gestures and emotions.

9 For all his success, Mr. Ostin underplayed his role in public.

10 Critics complained that it turned Anne into a pop commodity and underplayed her Jewish identity.

11 He was widely reported not to have let his financial success go to his head, instead underplaying his contribution to the show.

12 To call this loaded is to underplay its edge of provocation, which is precisely what makes "Welcome to Braggsville" work so well.

13 The studios always underplay cost so let's throw another $10m on for argument's sake, and factor in say $40m for marketing.

14 But Tashjian sang the aria almost as a personal revelation to the audience — underplayed, with some wonderfully soft-spoken phrases.

15 Vinson makes a convincingly feisty heroine, Peta Sergeant is a livewire as her chief ally, Nurse Williams, while Griffiths rescues a potentially over-the-top character by underplaying.

16 Schiff underplayed the glitter and, instead, created a counterpoint of something barely detected but utterly necessary.

17 A heartening reminder of the human capacity for valor, this beautifully underplayed production is all the more moving for its very ordinariness.

18 The Meters – Clap your hands – Having pretty much worn out the vinyl on my Meters greatest hits as a kid I may have underplayed this song's value when it came to selecting the A list.

19 The result was that the drama itself was underplayed.

20 As a series of connected sketches, it's more than passable entertainment, but the whole thing feels slightly underplayed compared to some previous McKay-Ferrell instalments, as if confidence is very slightly lacking in some vital departments.

1 贬低…的重要性

de-emphasize play down

2 表演不充分

underact

3 低调处理

keep a low profile soft-pedal

4 对…轻描淡写

downplay minimize understate skate over skate around