underestimate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An estimate that is too low.
动词 v.
  1. To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has. transitive
    — It recalls the business case for Scotland's reopening of the Borders Railway to Tweedbank, that British Rail closed in 1969. The review says the business case for this was at best borderline, but goes on to say that the case greatly underestimated passenger demand and that the railway Scotland built has capped its capacity.
  2. To perceive or expect (someone or something) to be less significant or difficult than it actually is. transitive
    — I totally underestimated the task.

词形变化

underestimates present,singular,third-person underestimating participle,present underestimated participle,past underestimated past underestimates plural

词汇关系

近义词
misunderestimate sell short underapproximate underestimate underguess underjudge underrate underreckon understate
反义词
overestimate
上位词
estimate miscalculate misjudge misestimate
下位词
sell oneself short understage undervalue
衍生词
misunderestimate nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people
并列词
understate

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English estimate
English underestimate
From under- + estimate.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English estimate
English underestimate
From under- + estimate.
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