underplaying是什么意思？

underplaying

• v. 淡化…的重要性( underplay的现在分词 )，使显得不如其实际重要，表演（角色）不充分，为了不充分显示力量而小心行事；

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  贬低；对…轻描淡写
  If you underplay something, you make it seem less important than it really is.
  例句
  We often underplay the skills we have... 我们常常贬低自身的技能。 The problem of alcoholism was, and still is, often underplayed. 酗酒问题在过去常常被忽视，现在依然如此。