understate

过去式：

动词过去式: understated

更多词形：

动词过去式: understated | 动词过去分词: understated | 动词现在分词: understating | 动词第三人称单数: understates |

单词例句：

Generally they won't intentionally understate your wager amount.

在你开赌之前，务必看看精华区。

Even these dramatic numbers may understate how bad the situation is for the Republicans.

就算只是这些数字我们都能看出共和党现在的境况有多惨。

The overstatement of $400 000 in inventory caused us to understate our cost of sales by the same amount.

库存多计的40万美元使得我们的销售成本少计了40万。

The figures probably understate the real unemployment rate.

这些数字跟真实的失业率大概是有些差距的。

We may be looking at long-term, double-digit unemployment with official unemployment figures that understate the extent of the problem.

我们可能会看到失业率长期处于两位数，而官方失业数据仍将低估问题的严重性。

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。

To understate(a role)intentionally;underplay.

表演有克制有意识轻描淡写（一角色）；含蓄克制地扮演

Second is that everyone lies: they understate their ages and overstate their attractiveness, gym attendance, good humour and so on.

其次是每个人都在撒谎：他们少报了年龄，夸大了他们的吸引力、上健身馆的次数和好脾气，诸如此类。

This approach seems to have worked well, if I may be allowed to understate the obvious.

这项方针似乎一直行之有效。对于这众所周知的事实，我想我只须轻描淡写就够了。