英 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ] 美 [ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ]
v. 对……轻描淡写；轻视，贬低
第三人称单数downplays
现在分词downplaying
过去式downplayed
过去分词downplayed
downplay /ˈdaʊnˌpleɪ/ CET6+ [ downplaying downplayed downplays ]
及物动词 If you downplay a fact or feature, you try to make people think that it is less important or serious than it really is. 轻描淡写
Police sources yesterday downplayed the significance of the security breach.
警方昨天的消息对这次安全缺口的重要性轻描淡写。
represent as less significant or important
同义词： understate / minimize / minimise
understate the importance or quality of
同义词： background / play down
... downplay和understate是overstate的反义词。 downplay意为故意贬低;低估;轻视。如： understate意为不充分地陈述，保守地说;少报。如： ...
... Characteristic显著的，有特色的典型的 Downplay不予重视 Disregard忽视，不理会，不尊重 ...
... debut初次登场,开张 downplay对…轻描淡写；贬低： underplay轻描淡写，一笔带过表演角色不充分 ...
... 低级市：prefecture-level city 低调处理：downplay 低层薪金级别：lower salary band ...
Aboard his plane, the secretary tries to downplay the importance of the budget votes.
在他的飞机上，部长试图淡化预算投票的重要性。
While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real-estate "bubble," the report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.
过度乐观可能会助长不良投资模式，导致出现房地产“泡沫”，但这篇报告的作者对这种潜在后果只是一笔带过，认为这种后果尚未发生。
And I don't mean to downplay engineering at all.
我不是说要贬低工程工作。
Even as officials had tried to downplay the future al-Qaida threat, some had warned of a possible increase in Sunni-led violence.
VOA : standard.2010.05.10
Protest organizers in Crimea say they are counting on newly elected President Viktor Yanukovych to downplay Ukrainian history and language and to improve ties with Moscow.
VOA : standard.2010.03.17
But that part of our nature is something that leaders may be best to downplay.
Orszag and Baer rehearsed lines to use during the conference call to downplay the Democratic rebellion.
He tended to downplay his role in public forums and that just didn't serve him well.