v.輕描淡寫地說；少說
過去式: understated 過去分詞: understated 現在分詞: understating 第三人稱單數: understates
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1. represent as less significant or important
Synonym: minimizeminimisedownplay
1. 不充分如實地陳述；對…輕描淡寫；打折扣地說
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...
政府故意對物價上漲輕描淡寫。
e.g. That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
那沒有充分表達我對管弦樂隊的熱愛。
1. 打著折扣說：understate 保守地說 | understate 打著折扣說 | understated 保守的說
2. understate
2. 輕描淡寫：manageable 便于管理 | understate 輕描淡寫 | culture-specific 某一文化所特有的
3. 低估,少計：understandability可理解性 | understate低估,少計 | understock存貨不足
以上就是本站詳細整理的詞語understate是什么意思的翻譯解釋，供大家參考一下。
Moreover, in some Asian countries, expenditure figures may understate the true extent of inequality.(此外，在一些亞洲國家，支出數字可能低估了真實的不平等程度。)
But Chinese experts say that, if anything, the Western models probably understate the problems.(中國專家說，如果有什么，那就是西方模式可能低估了這個問題。)
To call this a security hole is to understate the point woefully.(不幸的是，將它稱之為安全性漏洞有些輕描淡寫。)
The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices.(政府有意選擇對價格的上漲輕描淡寫。)
All of which suggests that Wall Street's optimists may understate the impact of weaker home prices on spending.(所有的一切都表明華爾街的樂觀派有可能是故意低估了房價走弱對消費支出的影響。)
But that is to understate the problem, because what is really going on here is a clash of cultures.(但前面所述的問題僅僅是冰山一角。我們真正面臨的問題是文化的沖突。)
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。)
Factory managers understate their potential output.(工廠的管理人員少報他們的潛在產量。)
Yet even these figures understate the change that is taking place.(然而即使這些數據相對發生在他們國內的變化而言，有所保留。)
Moreover, these Numbers understate how much middle-class people are spending per child.(其實這些數據還低估了中產階級家庭花在每個孩子身上的錢。)
These figures may well understate the truth.