单词 understated 例句 DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔UNIMPORTANT〕In the report, the incidence of violent crime is consistently understated. 报告里,暴力犯罪的发生率一贯被少报。朗文写作活用〔elegance〕Princess Grace's understated elegance.格雷丝王妃的含蓄...
单词 under-stated 释义 † under-stated, a. Obs.[under-1 10 c.]Of too low or poor an estate.a1661Fuller Worthies, Bedford. i. (1662) 118 Sir Henry, though heir to his Brother Richard after his death; yet perceiving himself over-titled or rather under-stat...
单词 understated 释义 understated, ppl. a.(stress variable)[under-1 10 a. Cf. understate v.]a. Stated below what is adequate or sufficient; that understates the truth.1937E. Ambler Uncommon Danger xviii. 275 Zaleshoff gave a brief and, Kenton thought, gr...