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单词 talk sth down
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talk sth down

phrasal verb with talk uk/tɔːk/us/tɑːk/verb [ I ]

to talk about something in a way that makes it seem less important or less serious than it really is:

He began his lecture by talking down the initiatives of a rival company.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Treating as unimportant

  • blow
  • blow sth/sb off
  • brush sb/sth aside
  • denigrate
  • deprecate
  • derogate
  • derogate from sth
  • laugh
  • never
  • play fast and loose with sth/sb idiom
  • pour
  • pour scorn on sb/sth idiom
  • scorn
  • scornful
  • scruple
  • talk
  • wave
  • wave sth aside
  • write
  • write sb/sth off

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Exaggerating & playing down

talk sth down

phrasal verb with talk uk/tɔːk/usverb [ I ]

to talk about something in a way that makes it seem less important or less serious than it really is:

He talked down the cost of the project.
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