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　

GRE TEM8

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

Yet some economists believe the official numbers might actually understate the hot money inflows.
但一些经济学家认为，官方数字实际上可能低估了热钱流入。
That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。
Even these robust retail sales understate the strength of consumer spending, says Arthur Kroeber of Dragonomics, a Beijing-based economic research firm.
设在北京的经济研究公司Dragonomics的ArthurKroeber说，即使是这些强劲的销售数字，也没有完全体现出消费支出的强健。
This is not to understate the latter.
这并非要低估后者。
This figure may understate the problem, however.
然而，这一数据可能低估了问题的严重程度。
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。
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。
And that may well understate the leisure gains.
而且这很可能还低估了实际增加的空闲时间。
Yet even these figures understate the change that is taking place.
然而即使这些数据相对发生在他们国内的变化而言，有所保留。
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。