understate
🇬🇧/ˌʌndəˈsteɪt/ 🇺🇸/ˌʌndərˈsteɪt/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。
后缀: ate
【verb/adjective】 表示使成为或具有某种特性的 - indicating to make or become
原词: understate
是通过后缀 【ate】 构成的派生词
