1. 低估,贬低：status quo 现状 | downplay 低估,贬低 | radical 词根,激进分子; 根本的;激进的
2. 低调处理：钓鱼岛Diaoyu Islands | 低调处理downplay | 跌幅range of a price drop
3. 对...轻描淡写;贬低：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
4. 不予重视：founding father 开国者;创立人 | downplay 不予重视 | underscore 划线于...下, 强调;(名词)下划线
1. 对…轻描淡写;使轻视;贬低
If you downplay a fact or feature, you try to make people think that it is less important or serious than it really is.
e.g. The government is trying to downplay the violence.
政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。
e.g. ...to downplay the dangers of nuclear accidents.
对核事故的危险轻描淡写
verb
1. understate the importance or quality of
e.g. he played down his royal ancestry
Synonym: backgroundplay down
2. represent as less significant or important
Synonym: understateminimizeminimise