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

• The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices
  政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Factory managers understate their potential output.
  工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。
• 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。
• Yet there are some clues that this may understate the build up of foreign assets, in turn suggesting "hot money" flows into China have accelerated and that holding down the exchange rate is getting harder.
  然而，一些迹象表明，这可能还低估了外汇资产的增长，进而说明“热钱”涌入中国的速度有所加快，而压低汇率的难度正不断加大。
• It used the pension funding ratios calculated by the states themselves, which almost certainly understate the size of the hole.
  它利用的养老金资金供应比例是由各州自行计算的，这些数据几乎肯定低估了缺口的规模。