Some experts wondered if the move to make testing less important world hurt the testing companies.

一些专家想知道，降低考试重要性的举措是否会损害考试公司的利益。

Some experts wondered if the move to make testing less important would hurt the testing companies.

一些专家想知道，降低考试重要性的举措是否会损害考试公司的利益。

But this does not lessen their importance.

但这并没有降低它们的重要性。

Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption.

能源储备、燃料替代以及能源集型重工业的重要性的降低，都减少了石油消耗量。

To play something down is to try to make it seem less important. When the project failed, he tried to play down his role in it.

play something down是指降低某物的重要性。项目失败之后，他试图降低自己在其中的重要性。

There is a weakened bond of kinship, and declining social family significance as America has transferred industrial, educational and recreational activities to specialized institutions outside of the home.

随着美国把工业的、教育的和娱乐活动转移到户外的专门机构，亲属关系被，会家庭重要性降低。

However, this does not diminish the importance of gaokao but instead clarifies its core spirit, which is that under the principle of fairness, it motivates young people to strive and struggle for their dreams.

然而，这并没有降低高考的重要性，而是阐释了高考的核心精神，即在公平的原则下，激励年轻人为自己的梦想而奋斗。

She's so talented, but she's always trying to play it down. To play something up is the opposite: to try to make something seem more important. In the job interview, play up your strengths.

她很有天赋，但她总想降低自己的重要性。play something up的意思正好相反：提高某物的重要性。在求职面试时，强调你的优势。

'Then if, on the other hand, you are restless and anxious about the future, study astronomy at once. Your troubles will be reduced amazingly. But your study will reduce them in a singular way, by reducing the importance of everything.

“那么，另一方面，如果你对未来感到不安和焦虑，那就马上研究天文学吧。”你的麻烦会大大减少。但是你的研究将通过降低一切的重要性以一种独特的方式减少它们。