1. 轻描淡写,一笔带过表演角色不充分：downplay 对...轻描淡写;贬低: | underplay 轻描淡写,一笔带过表演角色不充分 | anthropology 人类学

2. 轻描淡写：underpinning 基础 | underplay 轻描淡写 | underplot 插话

3. 不能充分发挥作用,或刻意抑制：ADA--ADAPATABILITY,适应性,对球员出国踢球的发挥影响巨大 | LEA--LEADERSHIP,领导才能,看看KAHN就知道了 | UNDERPLAY--不能充分发挥作用,或刻意抑制

1. 贬低；对…轻描淡写
If you underplay something, you make it seem less important than it really is.

e.g. We often underplay the skills we have...
我们常常贬低自身的技能。
e.g. 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。

verb

1. play a card lower than (a held high card)

2. act (a role) with great restraint

Synonym: underact