The imperial and colonial aspects of Russian history were hidden, deemphasized, or silenced.

俄罗斯历史的帝国和殖民方面被隐藏、淡化或沉默。

So, is it good to discuss, amplify, emphasize gender differences or minimalize them, deemphasize them in favor of similarities?

那么，讨论、放大、强调别异还是最小化它们、弱化它们以支持相似？

One is about embracing differences, amplifying differences, recognizing differences, and another is ignoring differences or deemphasizing differences, really focusing on what people have in common.

一是异，放大异，承认异，另一是忽视异或淡化异，真正关注人们的共同点。

The farmers most knowledgeable about eastern U.S. domesticates, the region's Native Americans themselves, passed judgment on them by discarding or deemphasizing them when the Mexican trinity arrived.

对美国东部驯化作物最了解的农民，即该地区的美洲原住民自己，在墨西哥三位一体到来时，通过丢弃或淡化它们来对它们做出判断。