Over the past few months, it has been working hard, with the help of media consultants, to play down its cosy reputation in favour of something more academic and serious.
在过去的几个月里，在媒体顾问的帮助下，它一直在努力工作，以淡化其轻松愉快的印象，打造更学术化、更严肃的形象。
Taylor used to play down to most of his employees.
泰勒经常放下架子对待他的大部分员工。
I raised this instance not to play down the importance of psychology.
我举这个例子并不是说心理素质不重要。
Still, she is quick to play down expectations, noting that the system is still in development.
不过她很快降低了大家的期望，解释到这个系统仍还在研制中。
Balance oil secretion, pinch pores, play down scars, improve senescence of skin.
平衡油脂分泌，收缩毛孔，淡化疤痕印，缓解肌肤老化。
It's a well-tried tactic to play down public expectations in advance of a superpower summit.
在超级大国的峰会之前降低公众的期望值是个屡试不爽的策略。
And even though prosecutors tried to play down the genetic evidence, Beaty felt it was a major factor.
而且即使检察官试图淡化遗传学证据，贝蒂认为这是一个主要因素。
Although our economy keeps growing at a decent rate, we cannot play down the difficulties our country is facing.
尽管我国经济以一个不错的速度持续增长，我们仍不能小看我们目前所面临的困难。
In order to win this election, the candidate is going to have to play down the fact that he's been divorced twice.
为了在这次选举中获胜，这位候选人不得不尽量避免提及他离过两次婚。
After the meeting, Sarkozy took pains to play down any split with China and stressed he was free to talk to whomever he wants.
会见后，萨科齐尽力淡化与中国的分歧，并强调说，他有权利会见任何人。
Bernanke also tried to play down Wall Street's fears about the results of the crucial "stress tests" faced by US Banks, expected this week.
目前美国银行业正面临着前所未有的“压力测试”，伯南克也希望此番谈话能够降低华尔街对银行业状况的恐慌。
Then I came across a gem of an article in WSJ Careers about how 'job seekers play down their credentials to avoid looking overqualified.'
然后，我在《华尔街日报》职业专栏中读到了一篇妙文，是关于求职者如何低调对待自己的学历，让自己看上去不会资历过高。
The Frenchman has rejected every transfer rumour so far and continued to play down his intentions when he faced the media on Tuesday afternoon.
这位法国人迄今为止否认所有转会传闻，当他在周二下午面对媒体提出这个问题时，依然对于他的打算语焉不详。
The timing of the two launches seems emblematic of the rivalry between the two technology giants but Eric Schmidt, Google’s chairman and CEO, is keen to play down the conflict.
发布时间的选择似乎也昭示了两大技术领域巨头间的竞争关系，不过Google董事长兼首席执行官埃里克·施密特很想淡化这次冲突。
The timing of the two launches seems emblematic of the rivalry between the two technology giants but Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and CEO, is keen to play down the conflict.
发布时间的选择似乎也昭示了两大技术领域巨头间的竞争关系，不过Google董事长兼首席执行官埃里克·施密特很想淡化这次冲突。
But others play down such risks, saying China "s curbs on capital flows would deter foreign investors from moving funds into the nation just to benefit from a small rate hike."
但其他经济学家认为这种风险不足为虑，称中国抑制资本流动的措施将使外国投资者不会仅为一点点利率差而将资金投向中国。
Sir Alex likened Javier Hernandez to Reds legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after the Mexican's late winner at West Brom, although the young forward was quick to play down the comparison.
弗格森爵士认为赫尔南·德斯就是曼联新的索尔斯克亚，墨西哥人再次替补出场送出绝杀。不过这个年轻的射手认为自己还不能与传奇相比。
Furthermore, a similar complex life may not be the same, just a lot of stage time, most of them over time, environmental and personal changes in emotional experience to play down slowly.
再说，类似的情结也未必一生不变，很多时候只是阶段性的，多半会随着时间、环境和个人情感经历的变化而慢慢淡化。
To maintain the natural human nature, "childlike" and "frank", people must learn to play down the utility, reduce stress and cultivate a detached indifferent, quiet Zhiyuan realm of life.
要保持人性中天然的“童趣”与“率直”，人们必须学会淡化功利，减轻心理压力，培养一种超然淡泊，宁静致远的人生境界。
To maintain the natural human nature, "childlike" and "frank", people must learn to play down the utility, reduce stress and cultivate a detached indifferent, quiet Zhiyuan realm of life.
要保持人性中天然的“童趣”与“率直”，人们必须学会淡化功利，减轻心理压力，培养一种超然淡泊，宁静致远的人生境界。
应用推荐