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
- Some landlords understate their production figures to avoid tax.
有些地主少报产量以逃税。 - And that may well understate the leisure gains.
而且这很可能还低估了实际增加的空闲时间。 - 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。 - Understate one's losses, eg of money, troops I get only meagre pay.
少报损失（如金钱、兵员的损失）.我只得到很少的报酬。 - The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices
政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - This figure may understate the problem, however.
然而，这一数据可能低估了问题的严重程度。 - 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。