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单词 underexaggerate
释义

underexaggerate

English

Etymology

under- + exaggerate, rather illogically, since this might be expected to mean to exaggerate but insufficiently.

Verb

underexaggerate (third-person singular simple present underexaggerates, present participle underexaggerating, simple past and past participle underexaggerated)

  1. (rare) To understate.
    • 1983, International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport
      Academics tend to be very sceptical of oil forecasts made by the major oil companies as they underexaggerate the probable amounts of oil in the world.
    • 2003, Gregory D Lee, Global Drug Enforcement
      Without the services of a qualified polygrapher, the defendant will almost always underexaggerate or lie about his or others' involvement in the conspiracy.
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