英语语法分析

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。

While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real-estate "bubble," the report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.

过度乐观可能会助长不良投资模式，导致出现房地产“泡沫”，但这篇报告的作者对这种潜在后果只是一笔带过，认为这种后果尚未发生。

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

我不是说要贬低工程工作。