🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- Oświęcim 59
- Vampire 110
- indecipherable 237
- traveler 144
- clamor 142
- bulwark 105
- particular 466
- pole vault 90
- nosy 109
- anklet 126
- whitewash 479
- tunnel 509
- disturbing 219
- chatty 120
- squabble 287
- senior 544
- dial 537
- catastrophe 297
- correlate 295
- betide 110
- unwrapped 29
- redeem 237
- scatty 64
- fascism 144
- Disappearance 71
- revenue 468
- backer 72
- New 169
- misfile 60
- cowpat 134
- min 76
- classicism 119
- utterly 280
- stretch 539
- generative 73
- sir 224
- spontaneous 553
- gown 498
- radish 397
- Pupil 119
- Professionalism 82
- Estranged 136
- fail 240
- strategically 34
- hostelry 57
- where 218
- modesty 229
- high hopes 59
- empire 526
- favorable 549
- extremity 217
- soldier 184
- observation 562
- buffeting 68
- Residence 17
- Implacable 7
- heap 575
- bowman 54
- soy 209
- helm 174
- dexterous 160
- Detonation 9
- comprehension 554
- tinselled 27
- defined 130
- reference 677
- wraith 80
- sensible 521
- Benefit 250
- natural 480
- parsonage 65
- Daylight 158
- sisterly 68
- porridge 414
- bewildering 300
- moth 129
- pretended 55
- terrace 341
- all-in-one 67
- fulfill 254
- Perfume 64
- driver 394
- creep 524
- imperialism 128
- Inconvenience 49
- untrammeled 182
- inert 208
- explosive 496
- holdover 145
- motor 546
- optometrist 57
- pauper 84
- duplicate 138
- bedroom 227
- mango 165
- Endless 82
- Thrash 114
- vacation 487
- kvetch 63
- capitalize 179
- recovery 590
- marketplace 208
- misdirection 145
- lobbying 39
- Orthodox 24
- corroborative 102
- aromatherapy 110
- schemer 39
- maltreatment 45
- drawing board 109
- dilemma 227
- unjust 440
- make sure 96
- recommendation 530
- capers 64
- Similar 135
- Fairy 116
- bean 479
- Legislative 79
- buttercup 102
- undulation 66
- pressurise 152
- fiber 230
- evasiveness 100
- guilty 555
- Fornicate 99
- settled 92
- direct hit 43
- being 515
- Perspire 47
- abruptly 150
- illuminate 221
- pence 75
- ticketing 58
- centralize 192
- skeptical 208
- Exceed 115
- harrison 38
- gem 294
- commence 224
- infrastructure 179
- featureless 83
- reactive 71
- Pawn 111
- Dedicate 173
- cocky 217
- dagger 150
- Entangled 13
- Relegate 217
- monitor 565
- Commonly 77
- Suspenseful 95
- Print 152
- aid 500
- unify 198
- arraign 204
- parted 56
- Prospect 125
- standalone 51
- sq. 59
- solidity 96
- maigre 63
- considerable 481
- stubble 56
- statesman 541
- activate 259
- WIDE 101
- defile 225
- beautiful 277
- Heating 128
- pressurize 189
- sapling 56
- plough 507
- roofing 57
- Ancestry 172
- LEVY 55
- heating 477
- singapore 185
- nationality 498
- consistent 532
- towered 38
- hubbies 31
- get off the ground 36
- Dwelling 52
- finicky 120
- Chargeable 87
- jagged 227
- bound 514
- black 228
- Subvert 80
- romania 144
- toey 36
- normality 191
- get down 126
- Repertoire 83
- tricycle 66
- rhetorician 72
- atone 183
- sq 60
- write 134
- jewellery 317
- replay 93
- Specious 20
- reservoir 199
- Worker 249
- springbok 54
- Opposite 286
- fortis 42
- prepare 557
- hawk 518
- 'cause 141
- up close 50
- barman 172
- Pensive 132
- Insect 112
- treatment 451
- nevertheless 458
- defeatist 85
- loath 115
- Incurable 84
- quizzical 60
- procedure 519
- do good 76
- dew 520
- imagination 527
- approve 526
- starch 127
- scleral 22
- uncle 130
- Room 134
- recant 151
- bug 195
- avert 194
- mischief 248
- Achievements 26
- flag 559
- burgeoning 136
- precipitously 128
- see 349
- telefilm 72
- turtle 106
- gender 200
- deflation 114
- clarion call 97
- imperfect 143
- geezer 110
- shield 510
- both 183
- PLEAD 107
- moonless 72
- sobriety 61
- Luminous 179
- protester 146
- dweeb 120
- dank 190
- fuse box 77
- Unbowed 11
- decide 280
- gala 175
- frail 231
- cyclic 175
- christmassy 79
- minicab 69
- dip 493
- imperative 205
- Real 177
- perturbed 105
- Stay put 23
- aforesaid 117
- Aptitude 78
- animation 159
- drunk 483
- unlicensed 54
- twine 178
- Extent 188
- Livable 175
- academician 90
- harpsichord 79
- gamma 119
- leukaemia 212
- governess 113
- entangle 133
- scripture 141
- schedule 556
- Orchard 174
- Humerus 191
- reason 359
- cutoff 146
- sod 211
- Interpersonal 93
- pathologic 96
- Recalling 67
- welt 68
- logging 72
- case study 125
- permissibleness 31
- lowlight 72
- derogation 82
- cog 121
- atomic 439
- chesty 102
- ticket 272
- breezy 177
- ridged 44
- family men 60
- vagabond 224
- fag 156
- pace 540
- herein 59
- diagnostic 188
- hangar 72
- preliminary 561
- friendly 261
- Speakers 42
- barred 101
- outmaneuver 79
- plenteous 162
- felonies 45
- case 377
- crop 520
- unsettled 214
- part-time 92
- detox 157
- Mimic 105
- gastric 141
- sleeping 33
- stuffing 55
- ancestor 488
- Publicity 238
- search 548
- Come by 88
- go 671
- omnibus 239
- processor 180
- epileptic 202
- varnish 140
- Rain 191
- seaman 486
- patterned 64
- behalf 422
- Vault 122
- Jewel 245
- kwh 49
- line 646
- countersubject 55
- sloth 216
- taunt 165
- Quote 113
- dawn 480
- blood feud 89
- perfectible 38
- Abandon 164
- unresented 43
- deaconess 116
- Revitalize 73
- corpuscle 106
- drunk driving 86
- primer 65
- Antibody 61
- Revelation 141
- pander 81
- accompany 490
- untimely 96
- amplitude 116
- count out 95
- belonging 171
- boarding card 76
- rare 494
- tofu 62
- execute 490
- sorry 310
- chuckle 157
- Fay 43
- TINGE 52
- elderly 456
- southampton 37
- graduated 124
- gnash 132
- swear 581
- hardly 519
- swastika 59
- blaze 528
- ballistic 123
- disrupts 60
- commemorate 185
- martyrize 33
- fortune 586
- chivalry 115
- baby buggy 91
- barrage 252
- orgasm 150
- dime 125
- anaemic 54
- sensationalize 67
- till 278
- campground 83
- risk 676
- crime 564
- licensee 58
- Arctic 112
- bounteous 98
- vigorous 476
- larrikin 55
- muggy 83
- Tumbler 8
- upstage 88
- suriname 57
- secondly 433
- glitz 157
- asleep 496
- byword 96
- retaking 39
- impassive 143
- malted 56
- helmsman 75
- vigilant 252
- intervene 245
- uncultured 53
- contentment 156
- separation 473
- Move 151
- ruse 131
- mi 107
- marvelous 477
- salvation 211
- shrug 496
- blueberry 122
- tasteful 252
- distorted 130
- broad 521
- operation 509
- winnow 86
- shilly-shally 66
- STIMULATE 113
- cooing 53
- while 294
- recognizable 133
- satisfactory 511
- rubberneck 120
- Annihilate 42
- wide of the mark 39
- marge 53
- quarreling 31
- apothecary 124
- has 58
- cluster 296
- Temporarily 176
- conviction 265
- mentor 180
- prosper 154
- look 340
- unkind 480
- schooner 65
- Nonetheless 99
- beige 101
- breakthrough 229
- state 672
- hutch 199
- pennant 63
- intermediate 404
- Debilitating 21
- kohl 112
- resilience 134
- Holder 138
- cropper 124
- pray 505
- allegro 118
- maladroit 67
- dullard 94
- hyperventilate 101
- Zipper 90
- quit 553
- Mention 241
- Faucet 189
- rose 593
- dehydration 262
- unease 195
- contoured 78
- cook 220
- category 139
- effete 104
- pained 82
- the crème de la crème 9
- slave 458
- aggravation 93
- sudden 518
- sublease 53
- herald 166
- overrated 157
- phenomena 196
- make something stick 8
- donkey 473
- nebulous 207
- bite-size 106
- profit 588
- favorite 474
- knitting 132
- mandibles 23
- near 165
- Friendliness 58
understate
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
understates; understated; understating
understates; understated; understating
Learner's definition of UNDERSTATE
[+ object]
: to say that (something) is smaller, less important, etc., than it really is避重就轻地说；（比实际情况）少报，少说
- He understated his taxable income.他少报了自己应纳税的收入。
- She's trying to understate the issue/problem.她尽量对这个问题避重就轻。
Example Sentences
He understated his taxable income. She's trying to understate the issue.
Recent Examples on the Web Just as the incredibly high inflation in May and June was likely an aberration that overstated underlying inflation, the July numbers probably understate them. 
Jason Furman, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 Street Earnings understate by >10% for ~9% of S&P 500 companies. David Trainer, Forbes, 7 July 2022 But also remember that CBO’s forecast is likely to understate future debt because it is required to assume Congress will make no changes in tax law or spending. Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 26 May 2022 Official figures likely understate the true number of infections, because of inadequate testing and a lack of public awareness about the disease. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022 While Street Earnings overstate profits for the majority of S&P 500 companies, as shown in Street Earnings Overstated for 67% of S&P 500 Companies in 1Q22, there are many S&P 500 companies whose Street Earnings understate their true Core Earnings. David Trainer, Forbes, 7 July 2022 To say the Pimm’s Cup is extremely British is to still somehow understate it. Jason O'bryan, Robb Report, 17 June 2022 The proposal, reported earlier by Bloomberg News, also calls for a 25% excise tax on stock buybacks and would close an accounting loophole on inventories that critics say allows oil companies to understate their profits and defer taxes indefinitely. Matt Egan, CNN, 14 June 2022 The Positive Impacts of Refugees Are Understated?: Nearly all studies on refugees may understate the positive impact of refugees due to limitations in the data. Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 26 May 2022 See More
Jason Furman, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 Street Earnings understate by >10% for ~9% of S&P 500 companies. David Trainer, Forbes, 7 July 2022 But also remember that CBO’s forecast is likely to understate future debt because it is required to assume Congress will make no changes in tax law or spending. Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 26 May 2022 Official figures likely understate the true number of infections, because of inadequate testing and a lack of public awareness about the disease. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022 While Street Earnings overstate profits for the majority of S&P 500 companies, as shown in Street Earnings Overstated for 67% of S&P 500 Companies in 1Q22, there are many S&P 500 companies whose Street Earnings understate their true Core Earnings. David Trainer, Forbes, 7 July 2022 To say the Pimm’s Cup is extremely British is to still somehow understate it. Jason O'bryan, Robb Report, 17 June 2022 The proposal, reported earlier by Bloomberg News, also calls for a 25% excise tax on stock buybacks and would close an accounting loophole on inventories that critics say allows oil companies to understate their profits and defer taxes indefinitely. Matt Egan, CNN, 14 June 2022 The Positive Impacts of Refugees Are Understated?: Nearly all studies on refugees may understate the positive impact of refugees due to limitations in the data. Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 26 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of understate was in 1824 👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文