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

• 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。
• That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
  那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。
• She believes the research understates the amount of discrimination women suffer.
  她相信这项研究没有充分表述妇女所受的歧视。
• 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%。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But even this GDP comparison understates the achievement of Zhejiang because GDP may not reflect accurately the wealth of a country or a region.
  不过，就算采用gdp比较方式，仍低估了浙江取得的成就，因为gdp可能无法准确反映一个国家或地区的实际财富。
• 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。