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. 轻描淡写；避重就轻地说；不充分陈述

词根记忆

• under(在…下面) + state(声明)→轻描淡写
• under(不够) + state(说话)→话有意说的不多→有意轻描淡写

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  understated：低调的；朴素的；轻描淡写的；不夸张的。

• n性质的同根词

  understatement：保守的陈述；不充分的陈述；有保留的陈述。

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英汉例句

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

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词组短语

短语

• flamboyant understate 辉耀的保守估计
• understate the problem 低估问题
• understate a problem 低调处理某问题
• understate one 's loss 含蓄地陈述损害
• Understate the number of deaths 将死亡人数说得比实际数目少

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is

柯林斯英英字典

• If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.

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