Minimize

(verb.) make small or insignificant; 'Let's minimize the risk'.

(verb.) cause to seem less serious; play down; 'Don't belittle his influence'.

编辑:菲利普

• At least, we may take counsel how far we can minimize this hideous scandal. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• They have tried to blot out human prestige, to minimize the influence of personality. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The French sent an army to the States under General Lafayette, and their fleet did much to minimize the advantage of the British at sea. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Gibbon was strongly prejudiced against Christianity, and here he seems disposed to minimize the fortitude and sufferings of the Christians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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