单词	underplaying
释义	underplay verb un·​der·​play ˌən-dər-ˈplā  underplayed; underplaying; underplays intransitive verb : to play a role with subdued force transitive verb 1 : to act or present (a role, a scene, etc.) with restraint : play down 2 : to play a card lower than (a held high card) Example Sentences Don't underplay the importance of exercise. I thought she underplayed her character. Recent Examples on the Web Pro-life activists backing the amendment have used that technicality to underplay the possibility of an outright ban. Joel Mathis, The Week, 23 July 2022 The students Cruzvergara work with often underplay their non-job experiences. Fortune, 1 June 2022 Williams added that social media can also underplay the seriousness of many procedures. NBC News, 27 Apr. 2022 The rest of Joanna’s coworkers are tormentors, banal ones, with several actors making the strange choice to somewhat underplay their roles, allowing scenes to sag while Bayer vamps. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 26 Apr. 2022 But to look at the current race to undermine reproductive freedom and the massive resistance to the existence of LGBTQ people as a legislative campaign is, unfortunately, to underplay the aims of the right. Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2022 Smit-McPhee, who first gained notice in 2009's The Road, was well served by his instinct to underplay Peter — a shy teenager who becomes an object of spite for a toxic cowboy (Benedict Cumberbatch) running a ranch in rural Montana in the 1920s. Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2021 It’s not a network decision to underplay celebrity presence. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2021 The Quinnipiac poll might actually underplay the size of belief in aliens. Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 5 June 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1833, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense underplaying verb present participle of underplay 1 as in understating Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance understating downplaying minimizing soft-pedaling denigrating dismissing de-emphasizing derogating belittling disparaging playing down deprecating decrying depreciating running down talking down crying down trashing bad-mouthing poor-mouthing kissing off trash-talking putting down Antonyms & Near Antonyms exaggerating overdoing overstating overdrawing stretching elaborating embellishing magnifying padding embroidering hedging overplaying overemphasizing fudging sensationalizing melodramatizing See More 2 as in overplaying Synonyms & Similar Words overplaying overacting enacting dramatizing mimicking pantomiming playacting acting out hamming aping miming imitating clowning masquerading taking on representing rendering depicting role-playing acting portraying interpreting playing performing impersonating posing (as) doing costarring coacting co-acting starring (in) co-starring
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