understating

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪtɪŋ] 美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪtɪŋ]

v.  轻描淡写; 避重就轻地说
understate的现在分词

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  1. VERB 不充分如实地陈述；对…轻描淡写；打折扣地说
    If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.
    1. The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...
      政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。
    2. That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
      那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。
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双语例句

  1. With global financial markets still reeling, Greece announced in October 2009 that it had been understating its deficit figures for years, raising alarms about the soundness of Greek finances.
    随着全球金融市场局举步维艰，希腊在2009年10月宣布，在过去数年里，它的赤字都被有意虚报。这敲响了希腊金融稳定的警钟。
  2. It has not only made Chinese culture popular in Russia, but also improved understating and friendship between Russians and Chinese people.
    它不但使中国的文化在俄罗斯受欢迎而且也加深的中国人民与俄罗斯人民的友谊。
  3. Lombard Street Research estimates its own quarterly real GDP growth for China, which suggests that the official data could be understating the extent of the slowdown in the first quarter.
    宏观经济预测顾问公司LombardStreetResearch对中国GDP季度实际增长率做了自己的估测，结果表明，官方数据可能对今年第一季度经济增长放缓的程度有所淡化。
  4. There is no understating the importance of each and every person whose name appears on the rolling credits at the end of movie.
    电影结束时的滚动字幕里出现名字的人都具有无法低估的重要性。
  5. Business and government both work to confuse and mislead the citizen, understating the true price ( or taxes) to win customers ( or votes).
    企业和政府都努力迷惑和误导公众，低报真实价格（或税收），以赢得客户（或选民）。
  6. And he was probably understating the truth.
    他所暗示的，或许就是这个真理。
  7. Some industry executives privately suggested China might be understating the likely expansion ahead of highly contested talks with mining groups about the price of iron ore for next year.
    一些业内高管私下里表示，在与矿业集团就明年铁矿石价格举行紧张激烈的谈判之前，中国可能在低报可能的扩张。
  8. I think that's understating the extent of the problem.
    在我看来，那是缩小问题的严重性了。
  9. To change our country's presence of "Emphasizing substance, understating procedure", the dissertation suggests to shift the focus of environmental legislative construction to the enforcement of environmental protection legal rules and regulations, which is a breakthrough in the field of environmental administrative procedure.
    一改我国重实体，轻程序的现状，将环境法治建设的重点转向了环境保护法律法规和规章的实施环节，这是环境行政程序领域的一大突破。
  10. This paper discusses factors that influence the test reliability like selection of sensors and vibration focus, installation of sensors and frequency domain analysis in low strain test and analysis process and makes an exposition of the author's understating on their respective treatment.
    本文通过低应变检测及分析过程中影响检测信度方面的问题，在传感器的选择、振源的选择、传感器的安装及频域分析等方面的具体影响，阐述了处理这些问题的一些体会。
  11. The second and third parts are the major parts of this paper. In the fourth part, the author will put forward some ideas and suggestions on how to expand the consensus between teachers and officials, scholars on the understating of the professional development of the teachers.
    第二、第三部分为本文的重点；第四部分就如何在政策、理论，尤其在实践中，进一步扩大对教师专业发展的共识，提出笔者的一些思考与建议。
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