单词	underestimate
释义	underestimate1 verbunderestimate2 noun underestimateun‧der‧es‧ti‧mate1 /ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪt/ ●●○ AWL verb Verb Table VERB TABLE underestimate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they underestimate he, she, it underestimates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they underestimated Present perfect I, you, we, they have underestimated he, she, it has underestimated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had underestimated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will underestimate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have underestimated Continuous Form Present I am underestimating he, she, it is underestimating you, we, they are underestimating Past I, he, she, it was underestimating you, we, they were underestimating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been underestimating he, she, it has been underestimating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been underestimating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be underestimating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been underestimating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Don't underestimate how good the other team is, or how hard they're going to play. Early mapmakers often underestimated the earth's circumference. I wouldn't underestimate her if I were you - she's smarter than you think. Never underestimate the value of really good training. People often underestimate the importance of human relationships in successful companies. People often underestimate the importance of training. They underestimated the amount of time it would take to finish the work. They had badly underestimated how many lifeboats would be needed. We saved about $1000 for our trip but we underestimated and may have to wait until next year to go. You must never underestimate how much I love you. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Damages in fatal accident cases are likely to be substantial and should not be underestimated. I don't underestimate the difficulty of the attempt, but I do believe that it can work. In fact, the Labour Force Survey underestimates the extent of this discrimination. Practitioners should not underestimate the shift in practice required to implement a needs-led approach to assessment of older people. The reality could simply be that the manufacturer underestimated demand. These figures and other measures, however, most likely underestimate the impact of infectious diseases. We do not want to underestimate difficulties and problems. You should not underestimate the importance of these rights when working out the value of your contract. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto calculate or count something wrongly► miscalculate · We have too many chairs. I must have miscalculated.· The city miscalculated the cost of earthquake repairs for the Bay Bridge.miscalculate how much/how many/how long etc · Sorry we're late -- we miscalculated how long it would take to get here. ► miscount to count something wrongly: · I thought everyone was here, but I must have miscounted.miscount something: · Census Bureau officials announced that they miscounted the nation's official population by 5 million people. ► lose count to forget how many things or people you have already counted, when you are counting a lot of things over a long period: · I've been trying to keep a record of how many tickets we've sold, but I've lost count. ► overestimate to wrongly guess an amount, price or number by making the total too high: · I made enough food for forty people but it looks like I overestimated.· A Harvard University survey found that Americans significantly overestimate the cost of higher education. ► underestimate to wrongly guess an amount, price, or number by making it too low: · We saved about $1000 for our trip but we underestimated and may have to wait until next year to go.· Early mapmakers often underestimated the earth's circumference. to guess incorrectly► guess wrong to guess incorrectly: · I guessed she was over sixteen, but I guessed wrong. ► overestimate to guess wrongly, by thinking that the amount, level, or cost of something is bigger, more expensive etc than it really is: · People overestimated the risk of catching the disease.overestimate how much/how long etc: · We overestimated how long the journey would take, and arrived far too early. ► underestimate to guess wrongly, by thinking that the amount, level, or cost of something is smaller, less expensive etc than it really is: · They underestimated the amount of time it would take to finish the work.underestimate how much/ how long etc: · You must never underestimate how much I love you.how difficult/ how important etc: · Don't underestimate how good the other team is, or how hard they're going to play.badly/greatly underestimate: · They had badly underestimated how many lifeboats would be needed. ► be wide of the mark to guess incorrectly - use this when someone is not at all close to being correct: · The movie was expected to gross millions, but that forecast was wide of the mark.be seriously/hopelessly wide of the mark: · All the opinion polls turned out to be hopelessly wide of the mark. to be too modest► put/run yourself down to tell people that you are less good, skilful etc than you really are: · He puts himself down, but he's really very gifted.· You know you're a good teacher. Don't run yourself down all the time. ► sell yourself short informal to not tell people enough about your skills, ability etc, especially in a situation where other people are deciding whether to offer you a job or choose you for something: · If you sell yourself short at the interview, you'll never get the job. Let them know how good you are.· You're brilliant at tennis - don't sell yourself short. ► underestimate yourself to believe that you are less clever, good, skilful etc than you really are: · Don't underestimate yourself -- you can easily win.· I think you underestimate yourself when you say you couldn't cope with a job like this. to make something seem less important than it really is► trivialize also trivialise British to write or talk about something in a way that makes it seem less serious or important than it really is: · The newspaper's headlines trivialized the war, making it seem like a game.· Judges feared that showing the trial on television would trivialize the legal process. ► play down/downplay to pretend that a problem, illness etc is less important or serious than it really is: · He accused drug companies of downplaying the risks of the new drug.· She downplayed any suggestion that there had been a leak in the chemical factory.play down something: · The government is trying to play down the seriousness of the unemployment figures.play something down: · The plan will cause a lot of changes, but officials are trying to play it down. ► belittle to say or do something that makes someone's efforts or achievements seem unimportant or useless: · Good teachers never belittle their students.· Does your boss constantly belittle your contribution to the department? ► understate to describe the size, value, or importance of something in a way that makes it seem less than it really is: · I think you are understating the importance to young people of a stable home life.· In the report, the incidence of violent crime is consistently understated. ► underestimate to wrongly think that something is less important than it really is: · People often underestimate the importance of human relationships in successful companies.· Never underestimate the value of really good training. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► underestimate the importance/extent/effect/power etc of something  Never underestimate the power of the press. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► grossly · In particular, the role of language in the equation has been grossly underestimated.· And second, the theory grossly underestimates the severity of some forms of spectator violence. ► never · Never underestimate the power of the trade press.· You should never underestimate their impact.· Gedge has never underestimated Peel's role in breaking the group.· At the very most, the moral is: Never underestimate the mystery and power of love.· Never underestimate the power of self-motivation.· And never underestimate the graphic power of black-and-white, especially with a pair of red-patent pumps and sunglasses.· And whatever else she did, she must never underestimate him again.· Never underestimate the simplicity of this approach. ► seriously · However, Netanyahu seriously underestimated the level of disillusionment his policies, and broken promises, had provoked.· This evidence indicates that the importance of this benefit has probably been seriously underestimated up to now.· The method seems quite popular, and usually seems to reflect the pattern of use whilst seriously underestimating the amount. NOUN► amount · However, they underestimate the amount of opposition there is from some groups of men to women getting good jobs.· But no one should underestimate the amount of hard work it would take.· Mind you, it is easy for people to underestimate the amount of grammar which such features contain.· Once again, they underestimated the amount of time required for achieving consensus.· The method seems quite popular, and usually seems to reflect the pattern of use whilst seriously underestimating the amount.· We underestimated the amount of counselling required to ensure that students choose appropriate options. ► difficulty · We do not want to underestimate difficulties and problems.· I don't underestimate the difficulty of the attempt, but I do believe that it can work.· Yet I think you underestimate the difficulties of raising such capital.· No one can underestimate the difficulties implicit in achieving a negotiated settlement.· Yet it is important not to underestimate the difficulties for politicians wishing to make such an appeal. ► effect · The simple calculation of cold bridging based on the fractional area of the cold bridge is likely to underestimate its effect.· Cantor had underestimated the soporific effect of the six-course dinner, the two wines and the glass of port.· His results have been criticised by Newton for underestimating the effects of city size on the proportion of Labour voters.· By a similar argument, P underestimates the effect.· A Don't underestimate the effects of grief.· We should not underestimate the effect of our own disappointment.· At the moment national estimates of the economic importance of sport underestimate these economic effects.· It is important not to underestimate these indirect effects of religion on science. ► extent · It believes that the government report may be underestimating the speed and extent of extinctions.· In fact, the Labour Force Survey underestimates the extent of this discrimination.· The later figures may therefore underestimate the extent to which wealth is concentrated.· This probably underestimates the extent to which there has been a wider shift away from direct council provision, however. ► figures · It is reasonable to assume that all such figures underestimate the real activities of the elderly.· The later figures may therefore underestimate the extent to which wealth is concentrated.· For all these, and other reasons, official crime figures will underestimate the true figure.· These figures may underestimate the problem. ► importance · Have I underestimated the importance of sustainability?· Cultural studies also underestimate the importance of racism which is an incontestable fact in the lives of many black people.· I had underestimated the importance placed on personal cleanliness and hygiene, and had been caught out on my underpants.· You should not underestimate the importance of these rights when working out the value of your contract.· Locus believes Microsoft has underestimated the importance of open networking in the marketplace.· Don't underestimate the importance of captions either. ► mistake · Two days later the environment minister, Dominique Voynet, made the mistake of underestimating the pollution.· It was always a mistake to underestimate Spittals. ► number · Most people very much underestimate the number of calories in cold salad meals served in restaurants, canteens and cafés.· Thus the total noted at present perhaps underestimates numbers. ► people · Most people also underestimate the calories provided by fatty foods and fat-containing sauces and dressings.· Some people underestimate the problems that can arise from poor human relations.· I think people do underestimate what is sexually attractive.· Sensible people can not underestimate the obvious utility of certain technological devices.· Many people underestimate these travellers; they think they are looking for an easy life.· Mind you, it is easy for people to underestimate the amount of grammar which such features contain.· Most people very much underestimate the number of calories in cold salad meals served in restaurants, canteens and cafés. ► power · The first hint that I had underestimated the power of Casual Summer was the Tycoon.· Still, interviews with New Hampshire voters suggest some pundits are underestimating the power of the symbolic updraft Forbes is riding.· Never underestimate the power of the trade press.· At the very most, the moral is: Never underestimate the mystery and power of love.· Never underestimate the power of self-motivation.· And never underestimate the graphic power of black-and-white, especially with a pair of red-patent pumps and sunglasses.· First, does it underestimate the power of sinfulness in us all?· Yet their theory does not underestimate either the power of ideas of the complexity of the process of their historical production. ► problem · We do not underestimate the problems, but negotiations can be difficult to conclude.· Some people underestimate the problems that can arise from poor human relations.· We do not want to underestimate difficulties and problems.· No one should underestimate these problems, but nor should the waste and unfairness of existing conditions be overlooked.· These figures may underestimate the problem.· Do not, however, underestimate the problems you may encounter in taking on a building yourself.· Nor should we underestimate the health problems of later life. ► strength · Each culture has consistently underestimated the strength and attraction of the other.· Even then, women still played the central parenting role because everyone underestimated the strength of our psychological orientation.· Unfortunately I underestimated the strength of his support.· Such a view underestimates the growing strength of Labour in the country as indicated by recent by-elections.· Without it, the theory underestimates the strength and complexity of gender's place in psychology.· The problem for Mr Kasyanov is that he seems to have underestimated the strength of western reaction to the withholding of payments. ► value · To explain something is not to explain it away and to understand something is not to underestimate its value.· The problem is that employers are apt to underestimate the value of direct discussion with executives who figure in their job-cutting plans.· If you live far from the sea and mountains, do not underestimate the value of your local park. VERB► tend · Although psychology recognizes the resultant uncertainties in computer-dependent methods, it tends to underestimate them. Word family WORD FAMILYnounestimateestimationestimatoroverestimate ≠ underestimateverbestimateoverestimate ≠ underestimateadjectiveestimated 1[intransitive, transitive] to think or guess that something is smaller, cheaper, easier etc than it really is OPP  overestimateunderestimate how/what We underestimated how long it would take to get there.underestimate the importance/extent/effect/power etc of something Never underestimate the power of the press.2[transitive] to think that someone is not as good, clever, or skilful, as they really are underestimate1 verbunderestimate2 noun underestimateun‧der‧es‧ti‧mate2 /ˌʌndərˈestəmət/ AWL noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES There could be 50 people at the wedding, but this is probably an underestimate. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But it is publicly acknowledged that these numbers, which represent people who have put themselves forward for testing, are underestimates. But the committee removed key sentences which suggested that flaws in the experiment might have resulted in this being a serious underestimate. Resulting misclassification will tend to dilute the effect of smoking and so our risk estimates are likely to be underestimates. The old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words is a gross underestimate in the computer world. This is, almost certainly, a gross underestimate of the true number of suicides. This was an underestimate of course. Yet even this number, one in twenty, is probably an underestimate. Word family WORD FAMILYnounestimateestimationestimatoroverestimate ≠ underestimateverbestimateoverestimate ≠ underestimateadjectiveestimated a guessed amount or number that is too low OPP  overestimate:  Fourteen percent may be an underestimate.
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