[VERB 动词]贬低;轻视;使显得琐碎(或简单) If you say that someone trivializes something important, you disapprove of them because they make it seem less important, serious, and complex than it is.
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[disapproval]
It never ceases to amaze me how the business world continues to trivialize the world's environmental problems.
商界一直不重视世界环境问题,总让我惊讶不已。
Oxford
trivi·al·ize( BrE also-ise )/ˈtrɪviəlaɪz; NAmEˈtrɪviəlaɪz/verbtrivializesth ( usually disapproving) to make sth seem less important, serious, difficult, etc. than it really is 使显得琐碎(或不重要、不难等);轻视▶trivi·al·iza·tion,-isa·tion/ˌtrɪviəlaɪˈzeɪʃn; NAmEˈtrɪviələˈzeɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]trivialisetrivialisedtrivialisestrivialisingtrivializetrivializedtrivializestrivializingtrivi·al·ize/ˈtrɪviəlaɪz; NAmEˈtrɪviəlaɪz/trivi·al·iza·tion/ˌtrɪviəlaɪˈzeɪʃn; NAmEˈtrɪviələˈzeɪʃn/
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trivializetriv‧i‧al‧ize (also trivialise British English) /ˈtrɪviəlaɪz/ verb [transitive]
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to make something seem less important or serious than it really is – used to show disapproval: The article trivializes the whole issue of equal rights. The debate has been trivialized by the media.—trivialization /ˌtrɪviəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [uncountable]
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