understate

understate音标

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪt]

美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪt]

understate基本释义

v.轻描淡写地说；少说

understate用法及例句

verb

1. represent as less significant or important

Synonym: minimizeminimisedownplay

1. 不充分如实地陈述；对…轻描淡写；打折扣地说If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.

e.g. The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...*府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。e.g. That understates my commitment to the orchestra.那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。

1. 打着折扣说：understate 保守地说 | understate 打着折扣说 | understated 保守的说

2. understate

2. 轻描淡写：manageable 便于管理 | understate 轻描淡写 | culture-specific 某一文化所特有的

3. 低估,少计：understandability可理解性 | understate低估,少计 | understock存货不足

These figures may well understate the truth.

出自：Economist

近义词

反义词

临近词

play down降低

belittle轻视

minimise尽量减少

devalue贬值

make little of不重视

downplay低估

minimize将 ... 减到*少...

overstate夸大的叙述

understatement

understate one's loss

understated

understate corporate financial worth.

understate a problem

undertake

understanding

understate the number of deaths

understatement of profit

understatement of income

相关列句

Moreover, in some Asian countries, expenditure figures may understate the true extent of inequality.(此外，在一些亚洲国家，支出数字可能低估了真实的不平等程度。)

But Chinese experts say that, if anything, the Western models probably understate the problems.(中国专家说，如果有什么，那就是西方模式可能低估了这个问题。)

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。)

The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices.(*府有意选择对价格的上涨轻描淡写。)

All of which suggests that Wall Street's optimists may understate the impact of weaker home prices on spending.(所有的一切都表明华尔街的乐观派有可能是故意低估了房价走弱对消费支出的影响。)

But that is to understate the problem, because what is really going on here is a clash of cultures.(但前面所述的问题仅仅是冰山一角。我们真正面临的问题是文化的冲突。)

She refuses on principle to understate her income for taxation purposes.(他出于道德上的动机，不愿为了少纳税而少报收入。)

Factory managers understate their potential output.(工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。)

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。)

Moreover, these Numbers understate how much middle-class people are spending per child.(其实这些数据还低估了中产阶级家庭花在每个孩子身上的钱。)