understates

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪts]

美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪts]

v.  轻描淡写; 避重就轻地说
understate的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• This undoubtedly understates, or rather lags, the damage.
  该数据无疑低估（或者更准确地说是滞后）了实际受损情况。
• The third and biggest problem, pension costs, both increases current cash expenses and artificially understates what the States should be spending today.
  第三，也是最大的问题是养老金支出，不仅增加了当前的现金支出，也人为地低估了当前州级政府的应支出水平。
• An international lawyer who frequents Shanghai jokes about companies with three sets of books: one for international investors ( which overstates profits); one for the taxman ( which understates profits); and one recording the truth.
  一位经常去上海的国际律师开玩笑说，企业有三本账：一本给国际投资者看（夸大利润）；一本给税务人员看（少报利润）；一本记录着实情。
• Opponents say this understates the potential value to Google in the long run.
  反对者们表示，这种说法低估了谷歌长期的潜在价值。
• But because Youku will issue new shares in the transaction, this understates the premium that Alibaba is paying.
  但由于优酷土豆将在交易中发行新股，因此溢价幅度有所降低。
• Some economists argue it understates the'real'inflation figure.
  一些经济学家认为，这个指标低估了“真实”的通胀水平。
• The investors feel some Mongolians do not understand that, because of taxes and royalties, the government's34% share grossly understates the benefits it will receive from the project.
  投资者们感到，由于在税收与权利金上的收益，政府从这一项目得到的好处将远远超过表面上34%的股份，而一些蒙古人对此并不清楚。
• But Hong Liang, an economist at Goldman Sachs, reckons that the M2 measure of money understates the amount of liquidity sloshing around in China.
  然而，高盛公司的经济学家梁红认为以M2来测算低估了游弋在中国周边流动性资金的规模。
• Since the income level needed to put you in the 1 per cent has increased dramatically, this understates how much the growth of finance has contributed to inequality in income distribution.
  由于跨入这1%人口的收入门槛已大幅提高，这低估了金融业壮大对于加剧收入分配不平等的影响。
• This means that data on outflows, which reflects actual repayments to investors, understates the true picture.
  这意味着资金外流数据事实上低估了真实情况，因为这些数据反映的只是对冲基金实际归还给投资者的资金。