英语词汇“make light of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

make light of

Treat as unimportant: I didn’t mean to make light of your problems...

Companies that make light of elders are finding a consumer force to reckon with.
This is the second time Mr Howard has made light of such an incident.
Unfortunately, the subtlety, range and freshness of her work has too often been ignorantly made light of.

Synonyms

play down, downplay, understate, underrate, rate too low, not do justice to, do an injustice to, underplay, de-emphasize, underemphasize, trivialize, minimize, diminish, downgrade, reduce, lessen, brush aside, gloss over, shrug off

informal soft-pedal, sell short

rare misprize, minify

See parent entry: light

单词	make light of
释义	make light of Treat as unimportant: I didn’t mean to make light of your problems... Companies that make light of elders are finding a consumer force to reckon with. This is the second time Mr Howard has made light of such an incident. Unfortunately, the subtlety, range and freshness of her work has too often been ignorantly made light of. Synonyms play down, downplay, understate, underrate, rate too low, not do justice to, do an injustice to, underplay, de-emphasize, underemphasize, trivialize, minimize, diminish, downgrade, reduce, lessen, brush aside, gloss over, shrug off informal soft-pedal, sell short rare misprize, minify See parent entry: light
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