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understates

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪts]

美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪts]

v.  轻描淡写; 避重就轻地说
understate的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

  • Since the income level needed to put you in the 1 per cent has increased dramatically, this understates how much the growth of finance has contributed to inequality in income distribution.
    由于跨入这1%人口的收入门槛已大幅提高,这低估了金融业壮大对于加剧收入分配不平等的影响。
  • But Hong Liang, an economist at Goldman Sachs, reckons that the M2 measure of money understates the amount of liquidity sloshing around in China.
    然而,高盛公司的经济学家梁红认为以M2来测算低估了游弋在中国周边流动性资金的规模。
  • Converting China's GDP into dollars at market exchange rates therefore understates the true size of its faster-growing economy and, in turn, understates world growth.
    将中国的GDP以市场汇率转换成美元以此不能描述中国快速发展经济的正真水平并且进一步描述世界的增长。
  • She believes the research understates the amount of discrimination women suffer.
    她相信这项研究没有充分表述妇女所受的歧视。
  • Also, Brazil's CONAB typically understates area increases by3 percent in years of sizable increases.
    在播种面积大幅增长的年份,巴西政府的作物研究机构通常会将面积增幅少报3%。
  • This means that data on outflows, which reflects actual repayments to investors, understates the true picture.
    这意味着资金外流数据事实上低估了真实情况,因为这些数据反映的只是对冲基金实际归还给投资者的资金。
  • Opponents say this understates the potential value to Google in the long run.
    反对者们表示,这种说法低估了谷歌长期的潜在价值。
  • But that understates the funds available to absorb future losses.
    但这并未将可用来吸收未来损失的资金完全计算在内。
  • That reckoning, however, understates the likely impact.
    然后这种测算低估了可能的影响。
  • It understates the obstacles to across-the-board austerity.
    它低估了全面紧缩的障碍。