understate

及物动词少说，少报; 有意识地轻描淡写

不及物动词保守地说; 有意轻描淡写

及物动词overstate exaggerate

1. 打着折扣说：understate 保守地说 | understate 打着折扣说 | understated 保守的说

2. 轻描淡写：manageable 便于管理 | understate 轻描淡写 | culture-specific 某一文化所特有的

3. 低估,少计：understandability可理解性 | understate低估,少计 | understock存货不足

1. 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.

    e.g. The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...
           政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。
    e.g. That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
           那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。

1. Some might argue that this testing was overly punitive, while others might claim it could understate the potential need for additional capital.

2. understate的解释

2. Congressmen of both parties could not afford to understate the interest of the taxpayers.

3. It has become habitual for governments at various levels to overstate achievements and understate deficiencies.

4. That finding suggests Canadians and Americans share one characteristic - they tend to understate their heft.

5. Duan says he used to understate the risks of operations in order to alleviate patient anxiety.

6. However, we should not understate their policy and strategic difference in the long term.

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