underplayed
抑えた、実際より軽く扱われた
解説 Definition
underplayed は、感情や表現を抑えて控えめに示したり、重要性や深刻さを実際より小さく扱ったりすることを表します。演技が抑制されている場合にも、報告や説明で問題や功績が軽く見せられている場合にも使われます。
Underplayed means shown or expressed in a quiet, controlled, or less dramatic way than usual. It can also mean something was treated as less important or serious than it really was. It is often used for acting, emotions, or news coverage.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
underplayed は underplay の形なので、まず play を「演じる・見せる・扱う」で押さえると覚えやすいです。そこに under- が付くと「十分に出さない」「控えめに見せる」感覚になります。overstate の反対寄りで、感情を大げさに出さない演技、問題や成果を実際より軽く扱う説明に使えます。an underplayed performance なら抑制のきいた演技、the risks were underplayed なら危険性が過小に扱われた、という場面で結びつけると定着しやすいです。
Start from `play`, which can mean how something is shown or performed. With `under-`, the idea becomes "not shown fully" or "played down." Think of the contrast with `overstate`: an underplayed performance is quiet and controlled, and risks can be underplayed too.
例文
Her underplayed performance made the character feel real.
彼女の抑えた演技は、その登場人物に現実味を与えた。
The risks were underplayed in the official statement.
その危険性は公式声明の中で実際より軽く扱われていた。
His contribution to the project was underplayed in the article.
彼のプロジェクトへの貢献は、その記事で控えめにしか扱われなかった。
underplayed の類義語・関連語
underplayed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
underplayed は under-「下に・不十分に」と play「演じる・扱う」から成る underplay の過去分詞形です。play は古英語 plegian／plega に由来し、「動く・演じる・遊ぶ」の感覚を持つため、「強く出さず控えめに演じる」が転じて「重要性や実力が低く見積もられた」という意味になります。playful や player が関連語です。
Underplayed is the past participle of underplay, built from under- meaning "too little" or "not enough" and play. Play comes from Old English words such as plegian and plega, linked with movement, acting, and play. The idea first was to act or present something too quietly, and from that it came to suggest that something was given less weight or notice than it deserved. Related English words include player and playful.
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