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.- The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...
政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。 - That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。
- The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...
双语例句
- But even this GDP comparison understates the achievement of Zhejiang because GDP may not reflect accurately the wealth of a country or a region.
不过,就算采用gdp比较方式,仍低估了浙江取得的成就,因为gdp可能无法准确反映一个国家或地区的实际财富。 - This undoubtedly understates, or rather lags, the damage.
该数据无疑低估(或者更准确地说是滞后)了实际受损情况。 - For the third year in succession, the economy is on track to grow by more than 10 per cent, according to Chinese statistics, a figure that many foreign investment bank economists think understates the true pace of development.
中国的统计数据显示,中国的经济增幅将连续第三年超过10%,而许多外国投资银行的经济学家都认为,这个数字低估了中国的实际发展速度。 - 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。 - An international lawyer who frequents Shanghai jokes about companies with three sets of books: one for international investors ( which overstates profits); one for the taxman ( which understates profits); and one recording the truth.
一位经常去上海的国际律师开玩笑说,企业有三本账:一本给国际投资者看(夸大利润);一本给税务人员看(少报利润);一本记录着实情。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。