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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

  • That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
    那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。
  • But the growth came at the price of 6000 mine deaths last year, an official figure that understates the real number, and horrendous pollution and environmental destruction in mining areas such as Shanxi.
    但是,去年煤炭增产的代价是6千名矿工遇难(这是低估了真实数字的官方数据),以及山西等矿区骇人的环境污染和破坏。
  • The third and biggest problem, pension costs, both increases current cash expenses and artificially understates what the States should be spending today.
    第三,也是最大的问题是养老金支出,不仅增加了当前的现金支出,也人为地低估了当前州级政府的应支出水平。
  • 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 understates the magnitude of the problem.
    这缩小了问题的严重性。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • The investors feel some Mongolians do not understand that, because of taxes and royalties, the government's34% share grossly understates the benefits it will receive from the project.
    投资者们感到,由于在税收与权利金上的收益,政府从这一项目得到的好处将远远超过表面上34%的股份,而一些蒙古人对此并不清楚。
  • And that likely understates the multiple, since Alibaba's high-margin royalty payments would need to be factored out of Yahoo's Ebitda.
    而且这还有可能低估了这个倍数,因为阿里巴巴支付的高利润许可费需要从雅虎的息税折旧摊销前收益中剔除。
  • 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。