understates

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪts]

美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪts]

v.  轻描淡写; 避重就轻地说
understate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

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

双语例句

• That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
  那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。
• Also, Brazil's CONAB typically understates area increases by3 percent in years of sizable increases.
  在播种面积大幅增长的年份，巴西政府的作物研究机构通常会将面积增幅少报3%。
• But the growth came at the price of 6000 mine deaths last year, an official figure that understates the real number, and horrendous pollution and environmental destruction in mining areas such as Shanxi.
  但是，去年煤炭增产的代价是6千名矿工遇难（这是低估了真实数字的官方数据），以及山西等矿区骇人的环境污染和破坏。
• But because Youku will issue new shares in the transaction, this understates the premium that Alibaba is paying.
  但由于优酷土豆将在交易中发行新股，因此溢价幅度有所降低。
• This means that data on outflows, which reflects actual repayments to investors, understates the true picture.
  这意味着资金外流数据事实上低估了真实情况，因为这些数据反映的只是对冲基金实际归还给投资者的资金。
• An international lawyer who frequents Shanghai jokes about companies with three sets of books: one for international investors ( which overstates profits); one for the taxman ( which understates profits); and one recording the truth.
  一位经常去上海的国际律师开玩笑说，企业有三本账：一本给国际投资者看（夸大利润）；一本给税务人员看（少报利润）；一本记录着实情。
• Some economists argue it understates the'real'inflation figure.
  一些经济学家认为，这个指标低估了“真实”的通胀水平。
• But that understates the funds available to absorb future losses.
  但这并未将可用来吸收未来损失的资金完全计算在内。
• The investors feel some Mongolians do not understand that, because of taxes and royalties, the government's34% share grossly understates the benefits it will receive from the project.
  投资者们感到，由于在税收与权利金上的收益，政府从这一项目得到的好处将远远超过表面上34%的股份，而一些蒙古人对此并不清楚。
• This understates the magnitude of the problem.
  这缩小了问题的严重性。