understates
基本解釋
- v.輕描淡寫地說;少說
英漢例句
- To call this a security hole is to understate the point woefully.
不幸的是,將它稱之爲(wèi)安全性漏洞是輕描淡寫的說法。 - It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.
對(duì)問題嚴(yán)重性的輕描淡寫是錯(cuò)誤的。 - Factory managers understate their potential output.
工廠的琯理人員少報(bào)他們的潛在産量。 - She refuses on principle to understate her income for taxation purposes.
她出於道德上的動(dòng)機(jī),不願(yuàn)爲(wèi)了少納稅而少報(bào)收入。