understate是什么意思？

understate

英[ˌʌndəˈsteɪt] 美[ˌʌndərˈsteɪt]

• vt. 少说，少报，有意识地轻描淡写；
• vi. 保守地说，有意轻描淡写；

第三人称单数：understates;

过去式：understated;

过去分词：understated;

现在分词：understating;

例句

• understate a problem 低调处理某问题
• 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.
• Factory managers understate their potential output. 工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量.
• 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。
• The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices... 政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。

反义词

• vt.
  understate的反义词之：保守地说
  exaggerate, overstate,
• understate的反义词之：其他释义
  overstate,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  不充分如实地陈述；对…轻描淡写；打折扣地说
  If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.
  例句
  The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices... 政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。 That understates my commitment to the orchestra. 那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  很有节制地陈述或表达(某事物)
  understate a problem 低调处理某问题

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. represent as less significant or important