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

• 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。
• Even these robust retail sales understate the strength of consumer spending, says Arthur Kroeber of Dragonomics, a Beijing-based economic research firm.
  设在北京的经济研究公司Dragonomics的ArthurKroeber说，即使是这些强劲的销售数字，也没有完全体现出消费支出的强健。
• In addition, experience suggests that as the threat of a downturn increases, corporate leaders tend to understate it, in an attempt to maintain morale among staff, customers and investors.
  此外，经验表明，当经济低迷的威胁加剧时，企业领袖往往会加以淡化，试图保持员工、客户和投资者的士气。
• Because so little work is done in each unit of work, the graphs below probably understate the scalability benefits of atomic variables compared to ReentrantLock.
  因为在每个工作单元中完成的工作很少，所以下图可能无法完全地说明与ReentrantLock相比，原子变量具有哪些可伸缩性优点。
• Some landlords understate their production figures to avoid tax.
  有些地主少报产量以逃税。
• It is impossible to understate how important surging house prices were to consumption.
  房价飙升对于消费的重要性，怎么估计也不会过分。
• That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
  那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。
• The point is obviously not to understate the relevance of the balance sheets of banks, but rather to simplify the analysis and focus on operational cash and debt versus trying to decipher the balance sheets of the major banks and the nature of their cash and debt obligations.
  此举显然不是为了低估金融类公司资产负债表的相关性，而是为了简化分析，把关注的重点放在运营现金和债务上面&而不是尝试着破译各大银行的资产负债表及其现金和债务的性质。
• 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。
• 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。