understates

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪts]

美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪts]

v.  轻描淡写; 避重就轻地说
understate的第三人称单数

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.
  1. The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...
     政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。
  2. That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
     那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。

双语例句

• But because Youku will issue new shares in the transaction, this understates the premium that Alibaba is paying.
  但由于优酷土豆将在交易中发行新股，因此溢价幅度有所降低。
• And that likely understates the multiple, since Alibaba's high-margin royalty payments would need to be factored out of Yahoo's Ebitda.
  而且这还有可能低估了这个倍数，因为阿里巴巴支付的高利润许可费需要从雅虎的息税折旧摊销前收益中剔除。
• That reckoning, however, understates the likely impact.
  然后这种测算低估了可能的影响。
• The investors feel some Mongolians do not understand that, because of taxes and royalties, the government's34% share grossly understates the benefits it will receive from the project.
  投资者们感到，由于在税收与权利金上的收益，政府从这一项目得到的好处将远远超过表面上34%的股份，而一些蒙古人对此并不清楚。
• This understates the magnitude of the problem.
  这缩小了问题的严重性。
• Also, Brazil's CONAB typically understates area increases by3 percent in years of sizable increases.
  在播种面积大幅增长的年份，巴西政府的作物研究机构通常会将面积增幅少报3%。
• This undoubtedly understates, or rather lags, the damage.
  该数据无疑低估（或者更准确地说是滞后）了实际受损情况。
• The third and biggest problem, pension costs, both increases current cash expenses and artificially understates what the States should be spending today.
  第三，也是最大的问题是养老金支出，不仅增加了当前的现金支出，也人为地低估了当前州级政府的应支出水平。
• It understates the obstacles to across-the-board austerity.
  它低估了全面紧缩的障碍。
• That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
  那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。