橘子朗文词典

understate

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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

    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

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.