understates

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪts]

美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪts]

v. 轻描淡写; 避重就轻地说
understate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

VERB 不充分如实地陈述；对…轻描淡写；打折扣地说
If youunderstatesomething, 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。

双语例句

But because Youku will issue new shares in the transaction, this understates the premium that Alibaba is paying.
但由于优酷土豆将在交易中发行新股，因此溢价幅度有所降低。
She believes the research understates the amount of discrimination women suffer.
她相信这项研究没有充分表述妇女所受的歧视。
Opponents say this understates the potential value to Google in the long run.
反对者们表示，这种说法低估了谷歌长期的潜在价值。
But that understates the funds available to absorb future losses.
但这并未将可用来吸收未来损失的资金完全计算在内。
This means that data on outflows, which reflects actual repayments to investors, understates the true picture.
这意味着资金外流数据事实上低估了真实情况，因为这些数据反映的只是对冲基金实际归还给投资者的资金。
And that likely understates the multiple, since Alibaba's high-margin royalty payments would need to be factored out of Yahoo's Ebitda.
而且这还有可能低估了这个倍数，因为阿里巴巴支付的高利润许可费需要从雅虎的息税折旧摊销前收益中剔除。
Also, Brazil's CONAB typically understates area increases by3 percent in years of sizable increases.
在播种面积大幅增长的年份，巴西政府的作物研究机构通常会将面积增幅少报3%。
The third and biggest problem, pension costs, both increases current cash expenses and artificially understates what the States should be spending today.
第三，也是最大的问题是养老金支出，不仅增加了当前的现金支出，也人为地低估了当前州级政府的应支出水平。
But even this GDP comparison understates the achievement of Zhejiang because GDP may not reflect accurately the wealth of a country or a region.
不过，就算采用gdp比较方式，仍低估了浙江取得的成就，因为gdp可能无法准确反映一个国家或地区的实际财富。
That reckoning, however, understates the likely impact.
然后这种测算低估了可能的影响。