play sth down

try to make sth appear less important than it is 欲使某事物显得没有实际上那麽重要: The government are trying to play down their involvement in the affair. 政府极力淡化与该事的瓜葛.

platoon, platter, platypus, plaudit, plausibility, plausible, plausibly, play, play (sb) up, play (sth) off, play a joke on sb., play a part, play a part in, play along (with sb/sth), play at sth/being sth, play into sb.'s hands, play on, play out, play sb in, out, etc, play sth back (to sb), play sth out, play the devil with, play up to, play with, play with oneself, play with player, play with sb/sth, play-act, play-acting, play-back, play-by-play, play-off, play-pen, play-room, playbill, playboy, played out, player, player-piano, playfellow (also `playmate),