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un·der·state 英ˌʌndəˈsteɪt美ˌʌndɚˈstetAHDŭn'dər-stātʹ ★☆☆☆☆高四GS宝八TCOCA²⁰¹⁵⁵BNC⁵¹²²⁷iWeb¹⁴⁷¹⁴Economist²⁰⁴⁰⁷⁺⁸ 基本英英记法近义反义派生词例句Thesaurus例句 v.轻描淡写地说²⁰;少说⁸⁰过去分词understated现在分词understating三单understates 嘴说话隐藏清楚/含糊说话
Verb: represent as less significant or important联想记忆under + state说话→ 在下面说 ⇒掩饰地说近义词 devalue贬值belittle轻视downplay低估play down降低minimise尽量减少make little of不重视minimize将 … 减到最少…反义词 overstate夸大的叙述 Punderstatementn.软弱无力的陈述克制的说法understateda.不夸张的朴素的简朴的动词understate的过去式和过去分词形式
动词100% 用作动词To call this a security hole is tounderstatethe point woefully.不幸的是,将它称之为安全性漏洞是轻描淡写的说法。 It would be a mistake tounderstatethe seriousness of the problem.对问题严重性的轻描淡写是错误的。 Factory managersunderstatetheir potential output.工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。 She refuses on principle tounderstateher income for taxation purposes.她出于道德上的动机,不愿为了少纳税而少报收入。verb.underestimate 同义词 downplay,lessen,minimize,underrate,undervaluedevalue 反义词 enlarge,overestimate,overrate,overvalueamplify,exaggerate,magnify,overstate de-emphasizeverb place less emphasis minimize,play down 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。 ibm To merely say that the Internet has made the effective large-scale censorship of ideas impossible would understate the case for the Internet as a tool of unprecedented individual liberation. 如果仅仅只是说互联网使得思想方面大规模的高效审查变得不可能,这对于互联网作为一个史无前例的个体解放利器的重要性也太过轻描淡写了。 yeeyan And, in the eyes of many environmentalists, these statistics understate the damage Norway is doing to the atmosphere. 而且,在许多环保主义者的眼中,这些统计数据没有据实说明挪威对大气层的污染。 ecocn And many economists say the official figures actually understate the rate of inflation, which might in reality be twice as high. 而许多经济学家表示,官方数字实际上低估了通货膨胀率,实际的数字可能比这高一倍。 yeeyan But the gloomier forecasts tend both to overstate the importance of exports and to understate the size of the government’s stimulus. 但是不景气的经济增长前景使得人们倾向于高估出口的重要性而低估政府刺激的规模。 yeeyan Do available studies understate the long-term significance of international money flows for China's agrarian economy? 现在的研究是否低估了国际货币流动对中国农耕经济的长期意义? yeeyan If discouraged workers have left the labour force because they could not find a job, then the unemployment rate may understate the hardship they face. 如果失去信心的工人因为找不到工作而离开劳动力大军,那么失业率可能低估了中国所要面临的困难。 iciba If GDP growth does come in at around1.5% for the quarter, it will almost certainly understate the economy’s true performance. 如果本月的 GDP增长达到大约1.5%,那么这一数字几乎肯定是少报了经济的真实情况。 ecocn It is hard to understate the importance of Seoul's F- X III competition to the two main contestants, Boeing and Lockheed Martin. 很难将 F- XIII项目对洛克希德·马丁和波音这两家竞争对手的重要性轻描淡写。 yeeyan 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。 ecocn Moreover, current estimates probably understate the actual cost of health reform. 此外,目前的估计可能低估了医疗改革的实际费用。 yeeyan 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。 ecocn Some models are“ static”, measuring only the one-off reallocation of resources that comes from freeing trade, which means they understate the long-term gains. 其中,用于衡量由自由贸易产生的统一资源重新分配的模型是“不变的”,这就说明他们未计入长期收益。 ecocn Standard&Poor’s, a rating agency, reckons that dividends in America could fall by about a quarter this year—the steepest drop since1938. Even this may understate the decline. 评级公司标准普尔认为今年美国的股利会下降四分之一,这是自1938年以来最大幅度的下降,甚至有可能这还是保守估计。 ecocn Taxing property makes sense because of the widespread Greek tendency to understate income. 给财产纳税是无可厚非的,因为希腊人普遍倾向于低估收入。 ecocn That leaves much in the hands of Europe’s national governments and although there are good reasons to doubt their resolve, there are no grounds at all to understate the task at hand. 这给欧洲各国政府留下大批事需要处理。尽管有很好的理由怀疑他们的决议,但却没有一点余地给即将到来的任务打个折扣。 ecocn These figures may understate actual price declines. 这些数字可能低估实际价格的下跌。 ecocn This lack of transparency means that official figures massively understate the true fiscal burden to be serviced in future budgets. 这种财政支出不透明意味着官方数据大大低估了未来财政预算的真正负担。 ecocn |