understate
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [??n.d??ste?t]
- 美式音標(biāo) [??n.d??ste?t]
- 國際音標(biāo) [,?nd?'steit]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- v. 輕描淡寫；避重就輕地說；不充分陳述
詞根記憶
- under(在…下面) + state(聲明)→輕描淡寫
- under(不夠) + state(說話)→話有意說的不多→有意輕描淡寫
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- understated：低調(diào)的；樸素的；輕描淡寫的；不夸張的。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- understatement：保守的陳述；不充分的陳述；有保留的陳述。
英漢例句
- It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.
對該問題的嚴(yán)重性輕描淡寫是錯誤的。 - Factory managers understate their potential output.
工廠的管理人員少報他們的潛在產(chǎn)量. - She refuses on principle to understate her income for taxation purposes.
他出于道德上的動機,不愿為了少納稅而少報收入. - It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.
對該問題的嚴(yán)重性輕描淡寫是錯誤的。 - Factory managers understate their potential output.
工廠的管理人員少報他們的潛在產(chǎn)量.
詞組短語
- flamboyant understate 輝耀的保守估計
- understate the problem 低估問題
- understate a problem 低調(diào)處理某問題
- understate one 's loss 含蓄地陳述損害
- Understate the number of deaths 將死亡人數(shù)說得比實際數(shù)目少
短語
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.