| 釋義 |
understate /.Andd'steit; ndv'stet/ vt [VP6A] fail to state fully or adequately; express in excessively restrained language: 未充分曲完整地陳述; 以比較謹慎或簡略的語句表達; 少報; 少說： They exaggerated the enemy's losses and ~d their own. 他們夸大敵人的損失，而把自己的損失輕描淡寫地帶過。 She ~d her age on the census form. 她在戶口調查表上少報她的年齡。 ~,ment /'Andasteitmant; Mnde-’stetmant，n [U] understating; [C] statement that expresses an idea, etc. too weakly: 不充分的陳述; 保守或簡略的陳述; 少報; 少說： To say that the boy is rather clever is an ~ men，eg of a boy who is brilliant. 說這男孩頗為聽明是一種保守的說法(如指一個非常聰明的男孩言)。 |