understate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay. transitive
    — To call this decision a calculated bet understates the risk; it is a Hail Mary pass.
  2. To state (something) with an intentional lack of emphasis, in order to express irony. transitive
    — She is the queen of understatement: she understated her critique masterfully.
  3. To state a quantity that is too low.
    — The company had been understating its liabilities for years.

词形变化

understates present,singular,third-person understating participle,present understated participle,past understated past

词汇关系

相关词
understated understatement

词源

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-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Italic *status
Latin statuslbor.
Old French estatbor.
Middle English stat
English state
English understate
From under- + state.
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