understate

🇬🇧/ˌʌndəˈsteɪt/ 🇺🇸/ˌʌndərˈsteɪt/VCE📚 13384 59 1
If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is. 不充分陈述

verb [vt. 及物动词]轻描淡写;避重就轻地说;不充分陈述

The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices.
政府有意选择对价格的上涨轻描淡写。

understate

-ate ⌜ 表示使成为或具有某种特性的 - indicating to make or become ~ ⌟
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