understates

基本解释

• v.轻描淡写地说；少说

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英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

• 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。
• 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。
• Factory managers understate their potential output.
  工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。
• 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。

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