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Trivialize Make Important People Trivial 英 Trɪviəlaɪz] 美 Trɪviəlaɪz

英语单词 trivialize
英美音标 英 ['trɪviəlaɪz] 美 ['trɪviəlaɪz]
中文释义 v.使显得不重要;使琐碎
英语例句 (1) It is important not to trivialize children's worries.
(2) Too many films trivialize violence.
中文例句 (1) 重要的是不要把儿童的烦恼当成是小事。
(2) 有许许多多影片把暴力行为描述成是鸡毛蒜皮的事。
vocabulary简明 When you trivialize something, you make it seem less important than it really is. Some people complain that TV news tends to trivialize complicated political stories.
vocabulary扩展 If your friend tends to trivialize your problems and worries, he dismisses them as being too small to fret about, which might make you feel like he's not taking you seriously. If you trivialize your own health concerns, other people might not realize how sick you're feeling. When you trivialize an issue, you make it look more trivial than it is, or less significant. The Latin root of both trivialize and trivial is trivialis, "common, commonplace, or vulgar."
柯林斯解释
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 trivialise
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[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.
  [V n]
  [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。

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