understate
/ˈʌndərˌsteɪt/
American
- v. 轻描淡写, 保守地说
- Definition
- v. to describe something as smaller or less important than it really is
- Example
- I don't want to understate how difficult this project really was.
- 我不想把这个项目的实际难度说得太轻描淡写。