understate 核心词议:
v. 轻描淡写;避重就轻地说;不充分陈述
understate 基本解释
vt. 少说,少报;有意识地轻描淡写
vi. 保守地说;有意轻描淡写
速记方法知识扩展
单词变形
understates过去式: understated过去分词: understated现在分词: understating
understate 变化形式
第三人称单数: understates
过去式: understated
过去分词: understated
现在分词: understating
中文词源:
understate
精选例句
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。
常见考点例句:
- The reliance on filed complaints appeared to understate the problem .
- 仅依赖于提出申诉的数量进行判断显然低估了这个问题。
- If gdp growth does come in at around 1.5 % for the quarter , it will almost certainly understate the economy 's true performance .
- 如果本月的gdp增长达到大约1.5%,那么这一数字几乎肯定是少报了经济的真实情况。
- To say that I never thought I would see an african-american president in my lifetime is to understate what mr obama 's achievement says about america .
- 要说我从未想过能在有生之年看到第一位非裔美国总统的诞生,就是在贬低奥巴马的成就传达出的是怎样一个美国。
- So statistics may understate the problem .
- 因此,统计数据可能低估了问题的严重性。
- These figures may understate actual price declines .
- 这些数字可能低估实际价格的下跌。