understate

understate

美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪt] 　英 [ˌʌndə(r)ˈsteɪt]

• v.轻描淡写；避重就轻地说
• 网络低估；打着折扣说；少说

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The data on operational expenses (USD 200 million) seems to understate the true costs, given the size of the portal.

关于经营费用的数据（2亿美元）似乎低谷了其真实成本，就网络端口的规模来说。

To call this a security hole is to understate the point woefully.

不幸的是，将它称之为安全性漏洞有些轻描淡写。

George Bush tends to understate the need for a new economic plan.

布什对于新经济计划需求的说法太保守了。

It claims that the "leading estimates understate the law's cost by at least one third. "

该机构称“主要的估算至少将这项法案的花费少算了三分之一”。

Some journalists feel that official data on such diseases tends to understate the real extent of outbreaks.

一些记者觉得，这类疾病的官方数据往往比疾病暴发时的真正程度更保守。

We may be looking at long-term, double-digit unemployment with official unemployment figures that understate the extent of the problem.

我们可能会看到失业率长期处于两位数，而官方失业数据仍将低估问题的严重性。

When asked by the authorities, households seem routinely to understate their wealth out of fear that the taxman will get the data.

在接受官方询问时，中国家庭似乎经常低报自己的财富，因为人们担心税务局获得相关数据。

Do available studies understate the long-term significance of international money flows for China's agrarian economy?

现在的研究是否低估了国际货币流动对中国农耕经济的长期意义？

This lack of transparency means that official figures massively understate the true fiscal burden to be serviced in future budgets.

这种财政支出不透明意味着官方数据大大低估了未来财政预算的真正负担。

I am not trying to understate the impact of central banks on the market.

我不想低估外国央行在市场上的影响。

He tends to pitch it low, to understate it, to throw it away.

他倾向于低低的俯仰它，进而理解它，最后丢掉它。

It used the pension funding ratios calculated by the states themselves, which almost certainly understate the size of the hole.

它利用的养老金资金供应比例是由各州自行计算的，这些数据几乎肯定低估了缺口的规模。

It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.

对问题的严重性轻描淡写是错误的。

And many economists say the official figures actually understate the rate of inflation, which might in reality be twice as high.

而且还有许多经济学家称官方数据实际上低估了通货膨胀率，真实数据或许是其2倍。

The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics uses geometric weighting and hedonics to understate inflation.

美国劳工统计局用几何加权法低估通胀。

On the other end of the spectrum are scientists, who were on average likely to understate their income by as much as 35%.

而科学家则在队列的另一端，他们平均逃税很可能多达35%。

And, in the eyes of many environmentalists, these statistics understate the damage Norway is doing to the atmosphere.

而且，在许多环保主义者的眼中，这些统计数据没有据实说明挪威对大气层的污染。

And in some ways, my numbers actually understate the true cost of the money we spend today.

在一些情况下，我的数位实际上还低估了我们今天消费的真正成本。

It impossible to understate how important surging house prices were to consumption.

不可小看房价飙升对消费的重大影响。

Moreover, current estimates probably understate the actual cost of health reform.

此外，目前的估计可能低估了医疗改革的实际费用。

However, according to the American scholar David Weinstein, the official numbers understate Japanese deflation by several percentage points.

不过，美国学者大卫？韦恩斯坦（DavidWeinstein）表示，官方数据将日本的通缩率低估了几个百分点。

Furthermore, these numbers understate the gap in living conditions between the US and Brics countries.

而且，这些数字低估了美国和金砖四国（Brics）生活条件之间的差距。

All of these figures understate the magnitude of the jobs crisis.

所有这些数据都低估了此次工作危机的规模。

It is impossible to understate how important surging house prices were to consumption.

房价飙升对于消费的重要性，怎么估计也不会过分。

The stress-test figures actually understate some banks' holdings of loans in certain troubled countries.

压力测试的数据实际上低估了一些银行向某些问题国家发放的贷款。

"Valuation for the stocks continues to significantly understate their returns potential in our view, " the analysts said.

分析师表示，根据市值估算，英飞凌科技公司的股票估值过低，依然有获得收益的可能。

Some economists say the official figures understate the extent of price rises, especially in major cities.

一些经济学家认为，官方的数据调低了房价的增幅，尤其是大城市房价的增幅。

The official price index may understate the true average gain but figures for central Shanghai will overstate it.

官方价格指数也许低估真实的平均收益，而对于上海中心区的数据则有些高估了。

They therefore understate the Gulf states' holdings, perhaps by as much as $100 billion over the past five years, the IIF conjectures.

所以国际金融协会猜测，过去的5年里，他们低估海湾国家的资金至少有1000亿美元。

Because hedge funds often borrow to boost returns, this may understate their influence.

再者，避险基金常常通过借贷（杠杆）提高回报率，其影响力可能被低估。

Even these dramatic numbers may understate how bad the situation is for the Republicans.

就算只是这些数字我们都能看出共和党现在的境况有多惨。

Moreover, in some Asian countries, expenditure figures may understate the true extent of inequality.

此外，在一些亚洲国家，支出数字可能低估了真实的不平等程度。

It is almost certain that the official numbers understate reality.

几乎可以肯定地说，官方数据低估了真实情况。

And that may well understate the leisure gains.

而且这很可能还低估了实际增加的空闲时间。

If GDP growth does come in at around 1. 5% for the quarter, it will almost certainly understate the economy's true performance.

如果本月的GDP增长达到大约1.5%，那么这一数字几乎肯定是少报了经济的真实情况。

The press have tended to understate the extent of the problem.

平面媒体想轻描淡写地说明问题的波及面。

The overstatement of $400 000 in inventory caused us to understate our cost of sales by the same amount.

库存多计的40万美元使得我们的销售成本少计了40万。

the government's figures hugely understate increases in the cost of living.

政府的数字大大地低估了生活成本的增长。

If those numbers are accurate, the official figure for first-half GDP growth of 8. 2% would appear to understate the true picture.

如果这些数据是精确的﹐那么上半年国内生产总值（GDP）增长8.2%的官方数据显然是被低估了。

All of which suggests that Wall Street's optimists may understate the impact of weaker home prices on spending.

所有的一切都表明华尔街的乐观派有可能是故意低估了房价走弱对消费支出的影响。