So President Trump is trying to downplay it.

特朗普总统试图淡化这件。

And the president, for his part, really played down any diplomatic rift.

而且总统有意淡化外交裂痕。

You opened it up and watered it down?

你打开后把它淡化?

So the White House is trying to downplay Manafort's role.

白宫正试图淡化马纳福特的作用。

The administration is downplaying the diplomatic dustup.

美国政府试图淡化这一外交骚乱。

You know, he was really trying to downplay that dispute with Turkey.

他尽力淡化与土耳其之间的这一争端。

And he played down the dispute.

时他淡化了这场争议。

That's that was he was able to mitigate those.

那是… 那是… 足球能够淡化这些吧。

Seawater desalination is energy-intensive no matter how you slice it.

没错，海水淡化 是一项能源密集型产业。

Officials say the government does not have the money to build desalination factories.

官员们表示，政府没有资金建设海水淡化工厂。

To water down means to make something less forceful or effective.

淡化意味着变得不那么有力或有效。

Without downplaying the risks, he remains optimistic.

平克并没有淡化这些危险，但他仍旧乐观。

Republican lawmakers played down the violence that day by Trump supporters.

共和党议员淡化了当日特朗普支持者的暴力行径。

Up until now, he has downplayed the threat.

到目前为止，他一直淡化这一威胁。

For example, gratitude measurably counters the tendency to forget, and downplay positive events.

例如，感恩显著地抑制遗忘和淡化积极件的趋势。

But this is a desalinisation plant, which makes seawater drinkable.

这是一家海水淡化厂，将海水转化为饮用水。

Smaller desalination plants have been operating in Morocco for years.

规模较小的海水淡化厂已摩洛哥运营多年。

This is where desalination comes in.

海水淡化技术就因此出现了。

The president has been criticized for playing down the seriousness of the pandemic.

墨西哥总统因淡化这种流行病的严重性而受到批评。

But Shulkin doubled down, even suggesting that the topic may have been purposely downplayed.

但舒尔金变本加厉，甚至暗示这个话题可能被故意淡化了。