单词	understate
释义	understateun‧der‧state /ˌʌndəˈsteɪt $ -ər-/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE understate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they understate he, she, it understates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they understated Present perfect I, you, we, they have understated he, she, it has understated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had understated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will understate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have understated Continuous Form Present I am understating he, she, it is understating you, we, they are understating Past I, he, she, it was understating you, we, they were understating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been understating he, she, it has been understating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been understating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be understating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been understating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Even these shocking statistics understate the seriousness of the situation. I think you are understating the importance to young people of a stable home life. In the report, the incidence of violent crime is consistently understated. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS First, the agency may seek to expand a given government programme by systematically overstating the benefits or understating the costs. The risk for the purchaser is that the vendor may have understated the scope and extent of the creditors. The use of the official rate hugely understates exports and imports, and distorts year-on-year comparisons. These calculations understate the continuing expansion of sales through multiple retailers, as demonstrated by data from Taylor Nelson Sofres. They had done this by artificially understating the value of bonds on their books. To call it a bonanza is to understate the matter significantly. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto make something seem less important than it really is► trivialize also trivialise British to write or talk about something in a way that makes it seem less serious or important than it really is: · The newspaper's headlines trivialized the war, making it seem like a game.· Judges feared that showing the trial on television would trivialize the legal process. ► play down/downplay to pretend that a problem, illness etc is less important or serious than it really is: · He accused drug companies of downplaying the risks of the new drug.· She downplayed any suggestion that there had been a leak in the chemical factory.play down something: · The government is trying to play down the seriousness of the unemployment figures.play something down: · The plan will cause a lot of changes, but officials are trying to play it down. ► belittle to say or do something that makes someone's efforts or achievements seem unimportant or useless: · Good teachers never belittle their students.· Does your boss constantly belittle your contribution to the department? ► understate to describe the size, value, or importance of something in a way that makes it seem less than it really is: · I think you are understating the importance to young people of a stable home life.· In the report, the incidence of violent crime is consistently understated. ► underestimate to wrongly think that something is less important than it really is: · People often underestimate the importance of human relationships in successful companies.· Never underestimate the value of really good training. Word family WORD FAMILYnounstatementunderstatement ≠ overstatementverbstateunderstate ≠ overstateadjectiveunderstated ≠ overstated to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important or serious than it really is OPP  overstate:  The press have tended to understate the extent of the problem.
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