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。
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.
词组短语
- 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
短语
英英字典
- to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is
- If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.