| 释义 |
under-reˈport, v.
[under-1 10 a.]
To fail to report (income, events, information, etc.) fully. So under-reˈported ppl. a., under-reˈporting vbl. n.
1959Washington Post 12 Nov. a2/1 Harrington..made public Tuesday night that new steps are needed to deal with the ‘shocking’ problem of under-reporting of income. Ibid., Americans ‘under-reported’ their 1957 income by about $24 billion. 1972Science 26 May 857/2 He found that people underreported both their use and knowledge of contraceptives. 1976A. Grey Bulgarian Exclusive v. 35 Bulgaria's the most under-reported, unnoticed East European country of 'em all. 1980Sci. Amer. Oct. 70/2 The actual total was surely higher, not only because of countries not included in the survey but also because of underreporting in the records of those countries that were included. |