understate
轻描淡写
常用释义
英音[ ˌʌndəˈsteɪt ]
美音[ ˌʌndərˈsteɪt ]
变形
第三人称单数:
understates
现在分词:
understating
过去式:
understated
过去分词:
understated
基本释义
- v. 轻描淡写;避重就轻地说;不充分陈述
考试频率
六级
考频:近六年出现1次
- v.轻描淡写
考研
考频:近十一年出现1次
- v.轻描淡写
例句
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1·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。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices.政府有意选择对价格的上涨轻描淡写。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·Indeed, this may understate the actual number.实际上,这一数字可能低于实际水平。
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4·These figures may understate actual price declines.这些数字可能低估实际价格的下跌。
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5·Factory managers understate their potential output.工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。
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6·I can't understate the importance of always having fun.我无法充分地说明经常保持愉快的重要性。
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7·To call this a security hole is to understate the point woefully.不幸的是,将它称之为安全性漏洞有些轻描淡写。
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8·The figures probably understate the real unemployment rate.这些数字跟真实的失业率大概是有些差距的。
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9·The press have tended to understate the extent of the problem.平面媒体想轻描淡写地说明问题的波及面。
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10·Yet even these figures understate the change that is taking place.然而即使这些数据相对发生在他们国内的变化而言,有所保留。
同根词
词根:
understate
understated
adj
低调的;朴素的;轻描淡写的;不夸张的
understatement
n
保守的陈述;不充分的陈述;有保留的陈述