understate
英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪt]
美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪt]
v. 轻描淡写; 避重就轻地说
过去分词：understated 过去式：understated 第三人称单数：understates 现在分词：understating 复数：understates
Collins.1 / BNC.15122 / COCA.12982
牛津词典
verb
- 轻描淡写；避重就轻地说
to state that sth is smaller, less important or less serious than it really is- It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.
对该问题的严重性轻描淡写是错误的。
- It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 不充分如实地陈述；对…轻描淡写；打折扣地说
If youunderstatesomething, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.- The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...
政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。 - That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。
- The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...
英英释义
verb
双语例句
- The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices
政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。 - And that may well understate the leisure gains.
而且这很可能还低估了实际增加的空闲时间。 - It used the pension funding ratios calculated by the states themselves, which almost certainly understate the size of the hole.
它利用的养老金资金供应比例是由各州自行计算的，这些数据几乎肯定低估了缺口的规模。 - Yet some economists believe the official numbers might actually understate the hot money inflows.
但一些经济学家认为，官方数字实际上可能低估了热钱流入。 - Indeed, there is a case for saying that the figures set out above understate the possible growth in demand.
事实上，有理由认为上述数据低估了中国需求的可能增长。 - This is not to understate the latter.
这并非要低估后者。 - Some journalists feel that official data on such diseases tends to understate the real extent of outbreaks.
一些记者觉得，这类疾病的官方数据往往比疾病暴发时的真正程度更保守。 - Yet even these figures understate the change that is taking place.
然而即使这些数据相对发生在他们国内的变化而言，有所保留。 - Some landlords understate their production figures to avoid tax.
有些地主少报产量以逃税。 - The press have tended to understate the extent of the problem.
平面媒体想轻描淡写地说明问题的波及面。