把它說得比實際小
這次縮的不是事情，是別人眼中的大小：事情原封不動，只是被講得沒那麼嚴重。所以它常出現在批評別人「淡化問題」的句子裡。
downplay · verb · B2
To describe something so it sounds less serious or less important than it truly is.
輕描淡寫；淡化
核心畫面
Picture taking something and pushing it down to the smallest it can be. Sometimes you shrink the thing itself — the risk, the cost, the damage. Sometimes you only shrink how big it looks to other people, while the thing stays exactly as it was. And on a screen, you shrink the window without closing it. Same move, three different targets.
可以想成：把一樣東西壓到不能再小。有時候你縮的是東西本身——風險、成本、損害真的變少了；有時候你縮的只是它「看起來」…更多收起
可以想成：把一樣東西壓到不能再小。有時候你縮的是東西本身——風險、成本、損害真的變少了；有時候你縮的只是它「看起來」的大小，事情本身一點沒變，那就是輕描淡寫；在螢幕上，你把視窗縮到最小但沒關掉。同一個動作，差別只在你縮的是什麼。From the picture
Also in this word
reduce to a minimum · verb · B1
To make something bad or unwanted as small as you possibly can.
減到最低；盡量減少
minimize a window · verb · A2
To make a window on a computer screen very small without closing it.
最小化（視窗）
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
minimizeverb/ˈmɪn.ɪ.maɪz/
- 1
To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
- We have to minimize the budget.
- Try to minimize your biases.
- 2
To relegate or assign (something) to a less insignificant status; diminish.
- The insurance adjuster tried to minimize the extent of the damage to lessen the company's exposure to liability.
- 3
computingengineeringgraphical-user-interfaceTo remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
- I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.
- 4
To treat (someone) in a slighting manner.
- […] father who had never openly minimized him or anything he did […]
- 5
To treat as trivial or insignificant; to trivialize.
- to minimize someone's feelings
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。