The CEO tried to downplay the company's financial losses in his speech to shareholders.
首席执行官在对股东的演讲中试图淡化公司的财务亏损。
She always downplays her achievements, but everyone knows she's incredibly talented.
她总是贬低自己的成就，但人人都知道她极具天赋。
Despite clear evidence of misconduct, the politician
downplayed the scandal as a "misunderstanding.
尽管有明显的不当行为证据，这位政治家仍将丑闻轻描淡写为“误会”。
He
downplayed the severity of the injury, saying it was just a minor sprain.
他淡化了伤势的严重性，说只是轻微扭伤。
In her memoir, she
downplayed her role in the historical event, giving credit to others instead.
在她的回忆录中，她淡化了自己在历史事件中的作用，而将功劳归于他人。
The coach
downplayed the importance of winning, emphasizing that teamwork and improvement were the real goals.
教练淡化了胜利的重要性，强调团队合作和进步才是真正的目标。
The celebrity
downplayed the rumors about their personal life, saying they preferred to keep their privacy.
这位名人对关于他们个人生活的谣言轻描淡写，说他们更愿意保持隐私。
The report
downplayed the environmental impact of the new development, focusing solely on economic benefits.
报告淡化了新开发项目对环境的影响，只关注经济效益。
He
downplayed his wealthy background, wanting to be judged by his own merits rather than his family's fortune.
他淡化了自己的富裕背景，希望人们根据自己的能力而不是家庭财富来评价他。
The company spokesperson
downplayed the data breach, assuring customers that no sensitive information had been compromised.
公司发言人淡化了数据泄露事件，向客户保证没有敏感信息被泄露。
JD downplayed the new change and described it as a "fairly normal management move".
Alibaba downplayed the profit drop, saying net income in the last quarter of its fiscal year was good and it has been a while since it invested in emerging businesses.
Economists shrug off skeptics, focus on recovery, consumption, outputEconomists on Wednesday sought to downplay talk among certain sections that China's economy may be in for some rough weather in the coming months, saying recovery continued in October, while consumption and industrial production improved, with more of the same expected down the line — a testament to the economy's resilience and vitality.
"Stephen Roach, senior fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale University in the United States, downplayed concerns over underlying structural imbalances and mounting debt.
In an interview with Forbes, the three executives cited conflict between the funds' respective startup portfolios and brand confusion as factors while acknowledging but attempting to downplay the frostier geopolitical environment.
However, we must know that those changes cannot downplay the basic logic that international division of labor and trade are conducive to the economic development of all countries, and economic globalization is still the trend in the development of productive forces in the modern world.
Although Washington has reiterated in its talks with relevant countries that the "Indo-Pacific Economic Framework" will downplay geopolitical factors and emphasize the central role of economics, the explanation fails to conceal its pursuit of "effectively countering China's growing influence".
Market entities, however, sought to downplay the slump, saying a decline was normal as some buyer companies turned passive once they accumulated adequate levels of carbon emission allowances.
然而，市场各方力图淡化这一下滑态势，称随着部分买家企业在持有充足的碳排放配额后转为观望态度，出现一定程度的下降实属正常。
Car manufacturers initially downplayed the effect of the chip shortage, but it eventually led them to slow down production and even halt factories.
On Monday, former UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who spearheaded the campaign to leave the EU, downplayed the impact of Brexit on the UK's car industry.