每天记住一个字词：downplay

downplay /ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ/v.对…轻描淡写；贬抑；低估

直译阐释：

to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is

【例句】

The government has been trying to downplay the crisis.

政府一直在竭尽所能淡化此次经济衰退的严重性。