downplay['daunplei]

• vt.[美国口语]缩小(某事的重要性、价值、力量等)，小看，轻视，降低，故意贬低…重要性，低估；对…轻描淡写；降低调子陈述；减弱：

  The press has downplayed the president's role in the foreign affairs.

  报界贬低了总统在外交事务中所起的作用。