英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪt] 美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪt]
v. 轻描淡写；避重就轻地说；不充分陈述
第三人称单数understates
现在分词understating
过去式understated
过去分词understated
understate /ˌʌndəˈsteɪt/ TEM8 [ understating understated understates ]
及物动词 If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is. 不充分陈述
The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices.
政府有意选择对价格的上涨轻描淡写。
... manageable 便于管理的 understate 轻描淡写 culture-specific 某一文化所特有的 ...
... underscore vt.划线于...下, 强调 n.底线 understate v.打着折扣说, 保守地说, 有意轻描淡写 understated 朴素的, 简朴的, 不夸张的, 不过分的, 有节制的 ...
... curb：抑制，控制，路边 understate：低估，保守地说，轻描淡写 surreptitiously：偷偷的，暗中的，不正当的 ...
... underline 强调；在...下面划线； understate 保守地说 unimaginative 缺乏想象力的 ...
understated 低调的；朴素的；轻描淡写的；不夸张的
understatement 保守的陈述；不充分的陈述；有保留的陈述
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。
The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices.
政府有意选择对价格的上涨轻描淡写。
These figures may understate actual price declines.
这些数字可能低估实际价格的下跌。
It is hard to understate the consequences of Mr Rove being distracted from his job.
Even these dramatic numbers may understate how bad the situation is for the Republicans.
So it will understate the loss in productivity that occurs from these new arrangements.
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