Word · Frequency #24324
underplay
扣住大牌打出小牌；出小牌留大牌
play a card lower than a held high card
多用于纸牌游戏，如桥牌。
- 1.
To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
以从属或较差的方式表演；未充分演绎角色。
- 2.
To make something seem less important than it really is.
使某事物显得不如实际重要；轻描淡写。
- 3.
To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
持高牌时打出低牌,以期日后获得优势。
以从属或较差的方式表演；未充分演绎角色。；使某事物显得不如实际重要；轻描淡写。；持高牌时打出低牌,以期日后获得优势。；表演不充分；扣着大牌不出而出小牌
In use
She underplayed the ten, even though she held the king in the same suit.
If you underplay your jack, you may be able to win the trick later with your ace.
Underplaying a low card is a useful way to save your higher cards.
underplay sth
多指故意淡化某事的重要性，常与 importance、role、achievement 等搭配。
The coach underplayed the team's chances of winning.
教练对球队获胜的机会轻描淡写。
underplay a card
主要用于桥牌等牌戏，指打出小牌而保留手中更大的牌。
He underplayed his ace and won the trick.
他扣着A不出而出小牌，赢得了这一墩。
Verb forms
base underplay · third person underplays · -ing underplaying · past underplayed · past participle underplayed
规则动词；underplay 意为“轻描淡写、贬低重要性”。
Connections
Collocations
- underplay the importance of something
- 轻描淡写某事的重要性
- Don't underplay the importance of regular exercise.不要轻描淡写经常锻炼的重要性。
- underplay the seriousness of something
- 轻描淡写某事的严重性
- The company tried to underplay the seriousness of the data breach.该公司试图轻描淡写这起数据泄露事件的严重性。
- underplay a role
- 以克制的方式扮演角色
- The actor chose to underplay the role for a more natural effect.这位演员选择克制地扮演该角色，以求更自然的效果。
- underplay one's achievements
- 对自己的成就轻描淡写
- She always underplays her achievements despite her success.尽管她事业有成，却总对自己的成就轻描淡写。
- underplay a card
- 扣住大牌打出小牌
- He underplayed a low card, hoping to save his ace for the final trick.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 under（下面）+ play（出牌）：手里压着大牌，却只在下面打出小牌，即轻描淡写、不充分表演。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：纸牌游戏、桥牌对局、牌局策略讨论 该义项特指牌类游戏中打出较小牌面，多用于桥牌等牌戏；属于比较中性的专门用语，日常交流中不常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词均与 underplay 押韵（重音在词尾，元音均为 /eɪ/）。注意拼写相似的 apply /əˈplaɪ/、reply /rɪˈplaɪ/ 发 /aɪ/，与 /eɪ/ 不同；underpay 与 underplay 只差一个 l，但发音有 /l/ 与无 /l/ 的区别。
Learn the forms together
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