The father is downplaying the child's performance at school.

父亲对孩子在学校的表现不以为然。

The company tried to downplay the accident, but it backfired.

公司想努力去淡化这次的事故，然而事与愿违。

She tried to downplay her mistake, but the more she tried to hide, the more was exposed.

她努力去轻描淡写自己的错误，却反而欲盖弥彰。

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

Remember that a job interview is not the time to downplay your accomplishments!

记住面试不是贬低你成就的时候！

It's difficult to downplay the significance of the outspoken CEO's impact on financial markets.

很难低估这位直言不讳的CEO对金融市场的影响。

They glossed over the problems in order to downplay the issue.

他们掩盖问题是为了使问题淡化。

Aboard his plane, the secretary tries to downplay the importance of the budget votes.

在他的飞机上，部长试图淡化预算投票的重要性。

And I don't mean to downplay engineering at all.

我不是说要贬低工程工作。

Does he or she downplay my feelings or interests?

他（她）是否经常看不起我的兴趣和想法？

State-owned newspapers have been ordered to downplay the story.

国有的新闻报纸被下令对钱案进行低调处理。

Negative people tend to downplay your ideas, walk over you, patronize you etc.

消极的人可能淡化你的想法，无视你，轻视你等等。