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单词 understate
释义 understate
 —understatement /un'deuhr stayt"meuhnt, un"deuhr stayt'-/,  n.  
 /un'deuhr stayt"/, v.t., understated, understating.
 to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
 [1815-25; UNDER- + STATE]
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