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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。
扣住大牌打出小牌；出小牌留大牌
underplayed — past of underplay
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
扣住大牌打出小牌；出小牌留大牌
play a card lower than a held high card
The coach underplayed the team's chances of winning.
教练对球队获胜的机会轻描淡写。
多用于纸牌游戏，如桥牌。
以从属或较差的方式表演；未充分演绎角色。
To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
使某事物显得不如实际重要；轻描淡写。
To make something seem less important than it really is.
持高牌时打出低牌,以期日后获得优势。
To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
underplay
Base
原形
underplays
3rd person
第三人称单数
underplaying
-ing
现在分词
underplayed
Past
过去式
underplayed
Past participle
过去分词
She tends to underplay her achievements.
她往往轻描淡写自己的成就。
He underplayed the seriousness of the problem.
他轻描淡写了问题的严重性。
They are underplaying the risks involved.
他们正在轻描淡写所涉及的风险。
规则动词；underplay 意为“轻描淡写、贬低重要性”。
She underplayed the ten, even though she held the king in the same suit.
尽管她同一花色中还握着K，她还是打出了十。
If you underplay your jack, you may be able to win the trick later with your ace.
如果你先打出J而扣住你的A，稍后你可能就能用A赢下这一墩。
Underplaying a low card is a useful way to save your higher cards.
打出小牌并扣住大牌是保留大牌的有效方法。
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。
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。
Not this
He underplayed about the seriousness of the issue.
Use this
He underplayed the seriousness of the issue.
underplay 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 about；中文“对……轻描淡写”中的“对”不译为介词。
Not this
They underplayed the cost of the project.
Use this
They underestimated the cost of the project.
要表达“低估（成本、程度等）”时，不能用 underplay；underplay 表示“淡化、轻描淡写”，而 underestimate 才表示“低估、估计不足”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
扣住大牌打出小牌
He underplayed a low card, hoping to save his ace for the final trick.
他打出一张小牌，希望把王牌留到最后一轮。
隐藏实力；不露底牌
He chose to underplay his hand during the interview, so the panel didn't realize how much he knew.
他在面试中故意隐藏实力，所以评委没有意识到他懂得多少。
Use underplayed naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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。
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