音标:[.ʌndә'steit] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
v. 不完全地陈述, 保守地说, 有意轻描淡写
v. represent as less significant or important
词型变化:过去分词 : understated ; 过去式 : understated ; 第三人称单数 : understates ; 现在分词 : understating ; 名词复数形式 : understates
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
动词100%

understate的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. To call this a security hole is to understate the point woefully.不幸的是,将它称之为安全性漏洞是轻描淡写的说法。
  2. It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.对问题严重性的轻描淡写是错误的。
  3. Factory managers understate their potential output.工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。
  4. She refuses on principle to understate her income for taxation purposes.她出于道德上的动机,不愿为了少纳税而少报收入。

经典引文

  • These figures may well understate the truth.

    出自:Economist
【近义词】
【反义词】

According to a new study, alcohol and speed contribute to injuries for the vulnerable road user. Related Links: Full article Half of all people killed each year on the world's highways - more than 600,000 people - are not in cars. They're pedestrians

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(221) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(四)月
学英语单词
a red herring
absolute undertaking
adstars
affulsion
amiobi
anterior mesenteric vein
anyhoo
as silly as a as a sheep
augmented chord
automatic tension regulator
bad bloods
banishers
bluestripes
brings down
bromites
capillarimeter
caravelas (caravellas)
Cerro Chato
chiachite
colliculus bulbi
cphincteritis
crack shot
cushily
data clause
deer hair
detonation limits
device structure
direr
disposition without trial
E-E reaction
earthing isolator
ebdon
effective internal clearance
Eisenresin
electric arc air gouging
emailees
family Euphorbiaceae
fibre tracheid
field tryout
finite-duration sequence
foundation pier
friedgut
fully acetylated cotton
glossopharyngeus
herbal therapy
high-resolution laser spectroscopy
horizontal survey
Hyblum
iodchromate
irish gorses
jumps the gun
kinane
Koorawatha
leather-like
lily bulb
limits of authority
locomotive energy consumption
military transport airplane
morefold
moscovitz
opportune moment
Otero County
Pal'mino
panarthropods
pippers
placement shares
platonychia
Poisson's coefficient
polyethylene glycol diphenate
polyethylene glycol fumarate
profer
Prunus tenella
regulation size
respiratory alkalosis
rhodium monoxide
ring-tailed lemurs
roll piercing mill
sappositorium benzocaini
saxitoxins
serial in
shooking
sociocultural environment
stilboid
Sturnus vulgaris
superior skill
sweet FA
take it for granted
teefed
Th
thermoelastic theory
three-variance overhead analysis
tin sault
tridigital
trithienyl
uninsulated overlap
upper-division
valence bridge
vapour seasoning
vertical welding
water-break
Weismannian