downplay
verb [ T ] uk/ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ/ us/ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ/
对…轻描淡写;贬低;低估
to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is
The government has been trying to downplay the crisis. 政府一直在尽力淡化此次危机的严重性。
Synonym: understate
Opposites: foreground overstate