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减轻…的重要性，贬低，轻视( downplay的第三人称单数 )；

Govt downplays condoms
Study downplays health concerns
Ditka Downplays Lasting Popularity
NRC report downplays concern about chemicals
Water hydraulics downplays the `L' word
Review overemphasises benefits and downplays serious harms
Veterans Affairs official downplays Agent Orange risks, questions critics
Report blames GM crops for herbicide spike, downplays pesticide reductions
Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez downplays speculation that Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave
The Research of a Few Important Problems in the Theory of the Trademark Downplays