understated

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪtɪd]

美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪtɪd]

adj.  淡雅的; 素雅的; 柔和的; 不过分的
v.  轻描淡写; 避重就轻地说
understate的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：understated　过去式：understated　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.33269 / COCA.19153

牛津词典

adj.

• 淡雅的；素雅的；柔和的；不过分的
  if a style, colour, etc. is understated , it is pleasing and elegant in a way that is not too obvious

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 朴素的；低调的；不夸张的；不惹眼的
  If you describe a style, colour, or effect asunderstated, you mean that it is not obvious.
  1. I have always liked understated clothes — simple shapes which take a lot of hard work to get right.
     我一直喜欢不太惹眼的衣服——简单的款式需要下大工夫才能弄得恰到好处。
  2. ...his typically understated humour.
     他那典型的低调幽默

英英释义

adj

• exhibiting restrained good taste
  1. the room is pleasant and understated
  Synonym:unostentatiousunpretentious

双语例句

• Some parts may actually be substantially understated.
  有些部分实际上可能是被大大低估了。
• Ultimately, creating readable and testable code is one of the main, if understated, goals of porting legacy code to a new language such as Python.
  总之，毫不夸张地说，创建可阅读和可测试的代码是将遗留代码移植到Python这样的新语言的一个主要目标。
• Shoes and belts should be understated, not flashy.
  鞋子和皮带应不惹眼，不俗气。
• The music consists of five notes only, and the four musical phrases are slowly unrolled and very understated.
  曲调的音域仅有五度，4个乐句皆以级进方式缓缓展开，显得十分内在。
• They are understated rather than fancy, like our gardens, with their naturalistic elegance.
  它们与我们的园林一样低调而不张扬，有种浑然天成的雅致。
• I have always liked understated clothes — simple shapes which take a lot of hard work to get right.
  我一直喜欢不太惹眼的衣服——简单的款式需要下大工夫才能弄得恰到好处。
• Given this picture, it should come as no surprise that Argentina is the one economy under our coverage where we have long maintained that inflation is officially understated, Anderson says.
  有鉴于此，人们不应感到意外的是，在我们研究覆盖的国家中，阿根廷是我们长期认为官方通胀低报的一个经济体，安德森表示。
• The colors are white, pink and mirrored gold in glass, metal, light wood ceilings and fiberglass for an understated opulence.
  颜色是白色，粉红色和镜像玻璃，金属，轻木天花板和玻璃纤维为低估富裕金牌。
• The impact and importance of following an agile, iterative and incremental approach cannot be understated.
  很多人无法理解遵循敏捷、迭代和递增的方法的影响和重要性。
• She said that we were facing a few difficulties, which was a fairly understated way of putting it!
  她说我们有些困难，这真是相当轻描淡写的说法！