understate
🇬🇧/ˌʌndəˈsteɪt/ 🇺🇸/ˌʌndərˈsteɪt/VCE📚 13402 1If 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。
under(在…下面) + state(声明) → 轻描淡写
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