understate

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪt]

美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪt]

v.  轻描淡写; 避重就轻地说

过去分词：understated　过去式：understated　第三人称单数：understates　现在分词：understating　复数：understates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.15122 / COCA.12982

牛津词典

verb

• 轻描淡写；避重就轻地说
  to state that sth is smaller, less important or less serious than it really is
  1. 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。

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。

英英释义

verb

• represent as less significant or important
  Synonym:minimizeminimisedownplay

双语例句

• 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。
• The point is obviously not to understate the relevance of the balance sheets of banks, but rather to simplify the analysis and focus on operational cash and debt versus trying to decipher the balance sheets of the major banks and the nature of their cash and debt obligations.
  此举显然不是为了低估金融类公司资产负债表的相关性，而是为了简化分析，把关注的重点放在运营现金和债务上面&而不是尝试着破译各大银行的资产负债表及其现金和债务的性质。
• The proposal is one of the most concrete to date aimed at addressing the view that some banks understate risk in order to boost their capital ratios, a crucial measure of bank safety.
  外界认为，某些银行通过低估风险来提升自身资本金比率（衡量银行安全性的一项关键指标）。潘伟迪的建议是迄今旨在打消外界这一看法的最具体建议之一。
• We may be looking at long-term, double-digit unemployment with official unemployment figures that understate the extent of the problem.
  我们可能会看到失业率长期处于两位数，而官方失业数据仍将低估问题的严重性。
• 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。
• Understate one's losses, eg of money, troops I get only meagre pay.
  少报损失（如金钱、兵员的损失）.我只得到很少的报酬。
• Factory managers understate their potential output.
  工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。
• Furthermore, these numbers understate the gap in living conditions between the US and Brics countries.
  而且，这些数字低估了美国和金砖四国（Brics）生活条件之间的差距。
• Men have done even better. And that may well understate the leisure gains.
  男性的情况更加可观。而且这很可能还低估了实际增加的空闲时间。
• That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
  那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。