| 单词 | to play down to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play down to —— to play down to —— Originally Theatre. intransitive. To lower one's standard, quality, etc., to suit the tastes or demands of (an audience, etc.); to bring oneself down to (a low standard, level, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade oneself or stoop [verb (reflexive)] > lower one's standards to to play down to ——1880 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > act in specific manner misact1609 tragedize1755 overact1760 overplay1767 to walk through ——1824 underact1847 to play down to ——1880 routine1897 underplay1897 milk1921 ham1933 hoke1935 to camp it up1957 to play for laughs (also a laugh)1963 undercharacterize1970 1880 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 316/2 He is an actor of great emotional and even tragic power, but he certainly plays down to the coarser apprehensions of the common people. 1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 18 Oct. 4/1 When a theatre has been playing down as nearly as possible to the music-hall level. 1906 M. Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) II. 215 No dramatist, moreover, ever yet achieved popularity by deliberately ‘playing down to’ the public. a1936 R. Kipling Something of Myself (1937) viii. 218 Never play down to your public. 1983 Times 1 Dec. 16/7 He achieved that without playing down to his audiences. < as lemmas |
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