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　

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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
  1. 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。

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。

英英释义

verb

• represent as less significant or important
  Synonym:minimizeminimisedownplay

双语例句

• Yet there are some clues that this may understate the build up of foreign assets, in turn suggesting "hot money" flows into China have accelerated and that holding down the exchange rate is getting harder.
  然而，一些迹象表明，这可能还低估了外汇资产的增长，进而说明“热钱”涌入中国的速度有所加快，而压低汇率的难度正不断加大。
• 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。
• In addition, experience suggests that as the threat of a downturn increases, corporate leaders tend to understate it, in an attempt to maintain morale among staff, customers and investors.
  此外，经验表明，当经济低迷的威胁加剧时，企业领袖往往会加以淡化，试图保持员工、客户和投资者的士气。
• 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。
• Factory managers understate their potential output.
  工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。
• The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices
  政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。
• 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。
• 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。
• Because so little work is done in each unit of work, the graphs below probably understate the scalability benefits of atomic variables compared to ReentrantLock.
  因为在每个工作单元中完成的工作很少，所以下图可能无法完全地说明与ReentrantLock相比，原子变量具有哪些可伸缩性优点。