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单词 understeer
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Definition of understeer in English:

understeer

verb ˈʌndəstɪəˌəndərˈstɪr
[no object]
  • (of a motor vehicle) have a tendency to turn less sharply than is intended.

    the turbo understeers on very fast bends
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He recently tested the car and said on one occasion it understeered, during the other it oversteered.
    • This was a car that understeered badly every time I went round one particular corner, and then - for no reason at all - would suddenly decide to oversteer.
    • No one ever had much fun in an understeering car, especially if it's meant to be a performance car.
    • Basically until you are used to its effects, it feels like the car wants to understeer on fast tight bends.
    • At speed, this reduces to concerns about whether the car drives too ‘tight’ or too ‘loose’ - tight meaning it is hard to turn, it understeers, and loose meaning it turns too much, it oversteers.
    • When a risk is present the dynamic stability and traction control anti-skid system is activated and responds by reducing engine power while braking one or more wheels until the car understeers and stability is regained.
    • The single lap format, however, allows no mistakes at all, which means we tend to make the car understeer a little more to give the driver confidence.
    • I was up to two seconds slower than the race pace, and the car was understeering everywhere; so there was no grip at all.
    • You want to keep as much weight over the front wheels as possible so that you can get on the power without understeering off on the tight corners.
    • In the first part of the race the car was really understeering so I couldn't push it too much.
    • I didn't finish the last part of the lap as well as I would have liked which cost some more time especially at turn 14 when I understeered into the corner.
    • I did a very good lap: the car was understeering a bit too much at low speed, but it was very stable in the high-speed corners.
    • The Oxford driver understeered heavily off the road and clattered a milestone damaging the front of the car and wrecking the radiator.
    • The cars tend to understeer here, which is the main consideration for us in setting up the car.
    • There was a little bit of understeering but it is better to have a bit of understeer than oversteer during the race so I told my engineer don't touch anything I am happy to carry on like that.
    • In the right-handers, the car understeered a lot.
    • Unusually in a front-wheel drive car, it also exhibits hardly any tendency to understeer.
    • As speed is increased on a turn of constant radius, the steering angle must be reduced on an oversteering vehicle, and increased on an understeering vehicle.
    • It's his first race and stuff, but when it starts to understeer, you should get out of the gas and not run into the car above you.
    • The one that really cost me time was in the last corner, where I got a bit off line and the car began understeering - I ended up in the grass on the exit and that definitely cost me positions.
nounˈʌndəstɪəˈəndərˌstɪr
mass noun
  • The tendency of a vehicle to turn less sharply than intended.

    Alonso's car was suffering from severe understeer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When we write about new cars and trucks, we try to bring out the engineering aspects of the vehicle, not about whether there is a silky smooth shift pattern or whether the vehicle exhibits too much understeer.
    • The cars are configured for mild understeer, although you can turn that into oversteer quite easily if you twitch your toe in the middle of a corner.
    • The softish suspension and noticeable understeer produces a nice comfortable drive.
    • In situations where you would expect understeer on street tyres, the sticky rubber endows the front end with amazing grip.
    • More of a concern is that, with the traction control on, the car suffers from disastrous understeer.
    • The suspension makes short work of potholes while the positive steering gives a hint of understeer.
    • The car can be driven on the throttle quite easily, with both understeer and oversteer smoothly quelled by your right foot.
    • In fact the only times I ever got understeer were when trying to induce power oversteer, which of course effectively means using too much throttle for the turn.
    • It was okay, but I was struggling with severe understeer, so we tried some different set-ups during the afternoon.
    • This is an active safety feature designed to help prevent accidents by registering and helping to correct oversteer, understeer and loss of stability in the vehicle.
    • There is some understeer here but not enough to spoil the ride at all.
    • To quell understeer, for example, the system slows the inside rear wheel slightly in order to pull the nose back toward the inside of a turn.
    • There was a little bit of understeering but it is better to have a bit of understeer than oversteer during the race so I told my engineer don't touch anything I am happy to carry on like that.
    • The system controller can then make the necessary adjustments (e.g., induce understeer in cases where there could be wheel lift) to minimize the states that could lead to roll over.
    • When you do push it beyond the limit of grip into a sweeping bend or large roundabout the front end drifts wide, revealing that the chassis is biased towards mild understeer.
    • When the vehicle was pitched hard into a tight corner, the expected understeer wasn't there.
    • The consequent loss of grip invariably causes understeer that the drivers must contend with.
    • Once you get over the first initial shock, it proved easy to use, though there was noticeable understeer if you enter the corner carrying too much speed.
    • No matter what I did, it stayed very composed, pushing into understeer rather than oversteer.
    • It was a fine demonstration that taking a car by the scruff of the neck doesn't have to mean ten minutes of lurching, understeer and oversteer.
 
 

Definition of understeer in US English:

understeer

verbˌəndərˈstɪrˌəndərˈstir
[no object]
  • (of a motor vehicle) have a tendency to turn less sharply than is intended.

    the car understeers on very fast bends
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I did a very good lap: the car was understeering a bit too much at low speed, but it was very stable in the high-speed corners.
    • No one ever had much fun in an understeering car, especially if it's meant to be a performance car.
    • When a risk is present the dynamic stability and traction control anti-skid system is activated and responds by reducing engine power while braking one or more wheels until the car understeers and stability is regained.
    • He recently tested the car and said on one occasion it understeered, during the other it oversteered.
    • I didn't finish the last part of the lap as well as I would have liked which cost some more time especially at turn 14 when I understeered into the corner.
    • There was a little bit of understeering but it is better to have a bit of understeer than oversteer during the race so I told my engineer don't touch anything I am happy to carry on like that.
    • Unusually in a front-wheel drive car, it also exhibits hardly any tendency to understeer.
    • It's his first race and stuff, but when it starts to understeer, you should get out of the gas and not run into the car above you.
    • I was up to two seconds slower than the race pace, and the car was understeering everywhere; so there was no grip at all.
    • The one that really cost me time was in the last corner, where I got a bit off line and the car began understeering - I ended up in the grass on the exit and that definitely cost me positions.
    • You want to keep as much weight over the front wheels as possible so that you can get on the power without understeering off on the tight corners.
    • In the first part of the race the car was really understeering so I couldn't push it too much.
    • At speed, this reduces to concerns about whether the car drives too ‘tight’ or too ‘loose’ - tight meaning it is hard to turn, it understeers, and loose meaning it turns too much, it oversteers.
    • The single lap format, however, allows no mistakes at all, which means we tend to make the car understeer a little more to give the driver confidence.
    • Basically until you are used to its effects, it feels like the car wants to understeer on fast tight bends.
    • In the right-handers, the car understeered a lot.
    • The Oxford driver understeered heavily off the road and clattered a milestone damaging the front of the car and wrecking the radiator.
    • This was a car that understeered badly every time I went round one particular corner, and then - for no reason at all - would suddenly decide to oversteer.
    • The cars tend to understeer here, which is the main consideration for us in setting up the car.
    • As speed is increased on a turn of constant radius, the steering angle must be reduced on an oversteering vehicle, and increased on an understeering vehicle.
nounˈəndərˌstɪrˈəndərˌstir
  • The tendency of a vehicle to understeer.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is an active safety feature designed to help prevent accidents by registering and helping to correct oversteer, understeer and loss of stability in the vehicle.
    • The softish suspension and noticeable understeer produces a nice comfortable drive.
    • There is some understeer here but not enough to spoil the ride at all.
    • The cars are configured for mild understeer, although you can turn that into oversteer quite easily if you twitch your toe in the middle of a corner.
    • The consequent loss of grip invariably causes understeer that the drivers must contend with.
    • In situations where you would expect understeer on street tyres, the sticky rubber endows the front end with amazing grip.
    • No matter what I did, it stayed very composed, pushing into understeer rather than oversteer.
    • In fact the only times I ever got understeer were when trying to induce power oversteer, which of course effectively means using too much throttle for the turn.
    • It was a fine demonstration that taking a car by the scruff of the neck doesn't have to mean ten minutes of lurching, understeer and oversteer.
    • When you do push it beyond the limit of grip into a sweeping bend or large roundabout the front end drifts wide, revealing that the chassis is biased towards mild understeer.
    • To quell understeer, for example, the system slows the inside rear wheel slightly in order to pull the nose back toward the inside of a turn.
    • The suspension makes short work of potholes while the positive steering gives a hint of understeer.
    • The car can be driven on the throttle quite easily, with both understeer and oversteer smoothly quelled by your right foot.
    • Once you get over the first initial shock, it proved easy to use, though there was noticeable understeer if you enter the corner carrying too much speed.
    • More of a concern is that, with the traction control on, the car suffers from disastrous understeer.
    • It was okay, but I was struggling with severe understeer, so we tried some different set-ups during the afternoon.
    • There was a little bit of understeering but it is better to have a bit of understeer than oversteer during the race so I told my engineer don't touch anything I am happy to carry on like that.
    • When the vehicle was pitched hard into a tight corner, the expected understeer wasn't there.
    • When we write about new cars and trucks, we try to bring out the engineering aspects of the vehicle, not about whether there is a silky smooth shift pattern or whether the vehicle exhibits too much understeer.
    • The system controller can then make the necessary adjustments (e.g., induce understeer in cases where there could be wheel lift) to minimize the states that could lead to roll over.
 
 
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