| 单词 | to make light of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make light of c. to make light of: to regard or treat (something) as unimportant or inconsequential. Also: to deal with (a difficult thing) in an effortless way (cf. to make light work of at Phrases 9).Cf. to make slight of at slight adj. 5d. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 disprize1480 misprize1483 to make light of1526 extenuate1529 to make the worst ofc1530 seclude?1531 to take (also wrest) to the worst1531 deprisec1550 disparagea1556 undermatch1571 embase1577 underbid1593 underprize1600 underpoise1602 undervalue1611 minorize1615 underspeak1635 underthink1646 underrate1650 minify1676 under-measure1682 underpraise1698 sneeze1806 understate1824 disappreciate1828 under-estimatea1850 minimize1866 to play down1869 worsen1885 to sell short1936 downplay1948 underplay1949 lowball1979 minimalize1979 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxii. f. xxxj They made light of it, and went their wayes. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 311 The Natives make light of such things as we call Colds. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. i. 160 How great Presumption it is, to make light of any positive Institutions of divine Appointment. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. xvi. 292 Making light of what ought to be serious. View more context for this quotation 1889 Harper's Mag. July 241/2 Oh, that I had realized what such labor must have been to her! But she made so light of it! 2012 Daily Tel. 3 Sept. 27/4 It's an excruciatingly hard passage for the pianist.., but soloist Yefim Bronfman made light of it. < as lemmas |
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