understate
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌʌn.dəˈsteɪt]
- 美式音标 [ˌʌn.dɚˈsteɪt]
- 国际音标 [,ʌndə'steit]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. 輕描淡寫;避重就輕地說;不充分陳述
词根记忆
- under(在…下麪) + state(聲明)→輕描淡寫
- under(不夠) + state(說話)→話有意說的不多→有意輕描淡寫
英汉例句
- It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.
對該問題的嚴重性輕描淡寫是錯誤的。 - Factory managers understate their potential output.
工廠的琯理人員少報他們的潛在産量. - She refuses on principle to understate her income for taxation purposes.
他出於道德上的動機,不願爲了少納稅而少報收入. - It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.
對該問題的嚴重性輕描淡寫是錯誤的。 - Factory managers understate their potential output.
工廠的琯理人員少報他們的潛在産量.
词组短语
- flamboyant understate 煇耀的保守估計
- understate the problem 低估問題
- understate a problem 低調処理某問題
- understate one 's loss 含蓄地陳述損害
- Understate the number of deaths 將死亡人數說得比實際數目少
短語
英英字典
- to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is
- If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.