underpromise

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To promise less than one expects to do. intransitive
    — “He’s wise not to overpromise, but to underpromise and overdeliver,” said Dave Checketts, a former president of the Knicks and then Madison Square Garden who left in 2001 after a power struggle with James L. Dolan, the chairman of the Garden.

词形变化

underpromises present,singular,third-person underpromising participle,present underpromised participle,past underpromised past

词源

From under- + promise.
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