underplay

verb

1. 低调处理；降低…的重要性
   to make sth seem less important than it really is

1. VERB 贬低；对…轻描淡写
   If you underplay something, you make it seem less important than it really is.
   1. We often underplay the skills we have...
      我们常常贬低自身的技能。
   2. The problem of alcoholism was, and still is, often underplayed.
      酗酒问题在过去常常被忽视，现在依然如此。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 play down

1. We often underplay the skills we have
   我们常常贬低自身的技能。
2. The problem of alcoholism was, and still is, often underplayed.
   酗酒问题在过去常常被忽视，现在依然如此。
3. If there are recruiters out there telling job seekers to underplay their ambitions and qualifications, then certainly I could do better.
   如果有招聘人员告诉找工作的人对自己的雄心壮志和资历轻描淡写的话，那我肯定能比他们做得更好。
4. A fourth lesson is that gold is shifting back from a sovereign reserve asset central banks were inclined to underplay to one of growing, strategic interest.
   第四个教训是，黄金正在从央行倾向于淡化的主权储备资产，重新变回一项战略重要性日益增强的主权储备资产。
5. Opinion polls underplay Mr Le Pen's support; almost half of respondents say they are undecided.
   民意测验不能充分说明勒庞的支持度；几乎一半的受调查者声称他们尚未决定。
6. I do not mean to gloss over or underplay the obstacles and needs.
   我这样说并不是要掩饰或淡化障碍和需求。
7. This is not to underplay the importance of the Greek outcome.
   这并不是在淡化希腊结局的重要性。
8. These two research paradigms overemphasize the position of the author and the text and underplay the role of readers in literary process.
   这两种研究范式过分强调作者和文本的地位，贬低了读者在文学过程中的作用。

verb

1. play a card lower than (a held high card)

2. act (a role) with great restraint

   Synonym:    underact