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

• 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。
• That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
  那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。
• 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。
• For the third year in succession, the economy is on track to grow by more than 10 per cent, according to Chinese statistics, a figure that many foreign investment bank economists think understates the true pace of development.
  中国的统计数据显示，中国的经济增幅将连续第三年超过10%，而许多外国投资银行的经济学家都认为，这个数字低估了中国的实际发展速度。
• This undoubtedly understates, or rather lags, the damage.
  该数据无疑低估（或者更准确地说是滞后）了实际受损情况。
• 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。
• And that likely understates the multiple, since Alibaba's high-margin royalty payments would need to be factored out of Yahoo's Ebitda.
  而且这还有可能低估了这个倍数，因为阿里巴巴支付的高利润许可费需要从雅虎的息税折旧摊销前收益中剔除。
• 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。
• The third and biggest problem, pension costs, both increases current cash expenses and artificially understates what the States should be spending today.
  第三，也是最大的问题是养老金支出，不仅增加了当前的现金支出，也人为地低估了当前州级政府的应支出水平。
• Since the income level needed to put you in the 1 per cent has increased dramatically, this understates how much the growth of finance has contributed to inequality in income distribution.
  由于跨入这1%人口的收入门槛已大幅提高，这低估了金融业壮大对于加剧收入分配不平等的影响。