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 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。
• It is impossible to understate how important surging house prices were to consumption.
  房价飙升对于消费的重要性，怎么估计也不会过分。
• 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。
• That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
  那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。