underestimates

英 [ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪts]

美 [ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪts]

v.  低估; 对…估计不足; 对…认识不足(或重视不够); 轻视
underestimate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 低估；对…估计不足
  If youunderestimatesomething, you do not realize how large or great it is or will be.
  1. None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face in career advancement...
     我们谁都不应该低估女性在事业发展过程中所面临的困难程度。
  2. Never underestimate what you can learn from a group of like-minded people.
     千万不要低估你从一群志趣相投的人那里所能学到的东西。
• VERB 低估;轻视;小看
  If youunderestimatesomeone, you do not realize what they are capable of doing.
  1. I think a lot of people still underestimate him...
     我觉得很多人仍然低估了他。
  2. The first lesson I learnt as a soldier was never to underestimate the enemy.
     作为一名士兵，我学到的第一课就是决不要低估敌人。

双语例句

• While these figures are likely underestimates, Dr. McCauley said that the difference is nonetheless revealing.
  虽然这些数字很可能遭到了低估，但麦考利博士说，这种差距仍然发人深省。
• This underestimates the long-term cost of state pensions and the cost of public borrowing to fund it.
  这低估了政府养老金的长期成本和为此提供资金的公共借贷的成本。
• Thermal load is one of the main loads of arch dam, at present, the method of adopting thermal load of normal concrete in RCC arch dam calculation underestimates the action of temperature.
  温度荷载是拱坝最主要的荷载之一，目前，通常采用计算常态混凝土温度荷载的方法计算RCC拱坝，这低估了温降的作用。
• The current Chinese language teaching methodology in teachers'colleges emphasizes theory, instruction and outer shape but underestimates practice, introspection and inner experience.
  现行的高师语文教学论重理论，轻实践；重传授，轻反思；重外在塑造，轻内在体验。
• Defence ministry officials say the attack showed how the North underestimates Mr Lee.
  韩国国防部官员称，这次袭击表明，朝鲜低估了李明博。
• Unfortunately however, Aristotle underestimates metaphor as nothing more than a figure of speech and an ornament to language.
  然而，亚里士多德只是将隐喻界定为一种起到美化语言作用的修辞格，而低估了隐喻的其他意义。
• Analysts were quick to point out that Apple routinely underestimates its future results.
  分析师迅速指出，苹果一向会低估未来业绩。
• Such thinking seriously underestimates the cost of going over the cliff.
  这种看法严重低估了跌落财政悬崖可能带来的成本。
• Although some analysts believe this underestimates the scale of the debt, the audit produced the most authoritative figures to date and suggested that the problem was large but manageable.
  尽管一些分析师相信，这低估了债务规模，但这次审计给出了迄今最权威的数据，并表明问题不小，不过在可控范围内。
• Even that underestimates the true picture.
  这仍然低估了真实情况。