【绝望的主妇】“我们必须将感染的风险降到最低。”

【句子】Andrew, I'm not trying to minimize my part in this. Believe me, I hate myself for what's happened. 【Desperate Housewives S2E10】
【发音】/ˈæn.druː/ /aɪm/ /nɒt/ /nɑːt/ /ˈtraɪ.ɪŋ/ /tʊ/ /ˈmɪn.ɪ.maɪz/ /maɪ/ /pɑː(r)t/ /ɪn/ /ðɪs/ /bɪˈliːv/ /miː/ /aɪ/ /heɪt/ /maɪˈself/ /fə(r)/ /wɒts/ /wɑːts/ /ˈhæp.ənd/
【发音技巧】not trying不完全爆破；part in连读；hate myself不完全爆破；
【翻译】安德鲁，我不是想推卸自己的责任。相信我，我对发生的一切痛恨不已。
【适用场合】
今天我们来学习一下minimize这个动词的用法，它本身的意思是：“使……最小化；使……降到最低”；to reduce something to the least possible level or amount；
eg: We must minimize the risk of infection.
我们必须将感染的风险降到最低。
这个动词在今天视频中，使用的意思是：to make something seem less important or smaller than it really is，也就是“对…轻描淡写，有意淡化”或者“降低某件事的重要性、严重性或影响”；
eg: She accused politicians of minimizing the suffering of thousands of people.
她指责政客对成千上万人的疾苦轻描淡写。
eg: It's important to focus on your strengths and to minimize your weaknesses.
扬长避短是很重要的。
eg: He tried to minimize his mistake by saying everyone was tired that day.
他试图把自己的错误说得很轻，说那天大家都累了。
eg: She's minimizing her symptoms because she doesn't want to go to the hospital.
她在把自己的症状往轻了说，因为她不想去医院。
eg: Don't minimize the impact your words had on me.
别轻描淡写你那番话对我的影响。
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Some companies minimize the environmental damage caused by their factories.