underplay

🇺🇸 /ˌʌndərˈpleɪ/ 🇬🇧 /ˌʌndəˈpleɪ/
Frequency
Difficulty
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verb
R

to make something seem not as important as it actually is

He tried to underplay his mistakes so they seemed smaller.

translation

v. to make something seem not as important as it actually is

Word Forms

3rd Present underplays
Past underplayed
Perfect underplayed
Progressive underplaying

Synonyms

overact v. 表演过火 overplay v. 过分强调 understate v. 轻描淡写 dramatize v. 改编, 夸张 imitate v. 模仿, 模仿（逗笑） downplay v. 淡化 mimic v. 模仿（声音、动作或行为，通常为了娱乐）, 模拟 enact v. 颁布, 扮演, 发生, 实施 act v. 行动, 表现, 表演, 假装, 起作用, 生效 out adv. 出去, 不在家, 在外面, 被移除, 远离边缘, 源自, 由...制成, 缺少, 不再处于某种状态, 不再参与, 从...中, 大声地, 远离陆地, 公开的, 为了, 暂不可借, 最低点, 可见的, 完全开放, 出局, 被淘汰, 出界, 错误的, 不允许, 过时的, 熄灭的, 结束, unconscious, 罢工, 彻底 on prep. 在...上面, 由...支撑, 乘坐, 使用, 在...日期, 处于...状态, 朝向, 在...附近, 因为, 紧接着, 关于, 支持, 经常食用, 由...支付, 通过电话号码, 影响, 随身携带, 与...相比 take v. 拿, 带领, 使...达到, 花费, 拍摄, 走, 握住, 拿走, 误拿, 获得, 坐, 吃, 记录, 参加, 选修, 采取, 执行, 检查, 控制, 入住, 订阅, 接受, 抓住, 接收, 遭受, 忍受, 认真对待, 认为, 误以为, 持有, 减去, 以...为例, 就任, 需要, 利用, 穿, 容纳, 主持, 越过, 踢, 进行, 成功

Antonyms

overstate v. 夸大 exaggerate v. 夸大 elaborate adj. 精心设计的 pad n. 垫子, 便笺簿, 肉垫, 擦洗垫, 停机坪, 护具, 浮叶, 住所 overdo v. 过度做, 过量使用, 煮过头

Similar Words

underlay n. 垫层 underpay v. 少付 underway adj. 进行中