柯林斯詞典understate /??nd??ste?t/ (understating,understated,understates) 1. V-T If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is. 不充分陳述 The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices. 政府有意選擇對(duì)價(jià)格的上漲輕描淡寫。 返回 understate劍橋詞典to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important , serious , bad , etc. than it really is 對(duì)…輕描淡寫；不如實(shí)陳述；避重就輕地說 She believes the research understates the amount of discrimination women suffer . 她認(rèn)爲(wèi)該研究對(duì)婦女所遭受的歧眡輕描淡寫。 返回 understate