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 proposal is one of the most concrete to date aimed at addressing the view that some banks understate risk in order to boost their capital ratios, a crucial measure of bank safety.
外界认为,某些银行通过低估风险来提升自身资本金比率(衡量银行安全性的一项关键指标)。潘伟迪的建议是迄今旨在打消外界这一看法的最具体建议之一。 - Men have done even better. And that may well understate the leisure gains.
男性的情况更加可观。而且这很可能还低估了实际增加的空闲时间。 - The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices
政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。 - 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。 - To call this a security hole is to understate the point woefully.
不幸的是,将它称之为安全性漏洞有些轻描淡写。 - 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。 - Some landlords understate their production figures to avoid tax.
有些地主少报产量以逃税。 - Furthermore, these numbers understate the gap in living conditions between the US and Brics countries.
而且,这些数字低估了美国和金砖四国(Brics)生活条件之间的差距。 - However, according to the American scholar David Weinstein, the official numbers understate Japanese deflation by several percentage points.
不过,美国学者大卫韦恩斯坦(davidweinstein)表示,官方数据将日本的通缩率低估了几个百分点。