understate
英[ˌʌndər'steɪt]
美['ʌndɚ'stet]
- 保守地说， 轻描淡写地说
词态变化
复数: understates;第三人称单数: understates;过去式: understated;过去分词: understated;现在分词: understating;
双语例句
- 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。
- 2. The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices.
- 政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。
- 3. Factory managers understate their potential output.
- 工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量.
- 4. Moreover, current estimates probably understate the actual cost of health reform.
- 此外, 目前的估计可能低估了医疗改革的实际费用.
- 5. 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.