Downplay oneself作践自己
downplay y低估
downplay y the epidemic对疫情不予重视
downplay the epidemic掩饰疫情;对疫情不予珍视;对疫情不予器重
downplay the catching对疫情不予器重
Chinese Themselves Downplay It中国人自己却轻视
V-T（及物动词） If you downplay a fact or feature, you try to make people think that it is less important or serious than it really is. 轻描淡写
Police sources yesterday downplayed the significance of the security breach.
警方昨天的消息对这次安全缺口的重要性轻描淡写。