1.打着折扣说,有意识地轻描淡写;少报(损失等),少说(能力,要求等)
1.to say that something is less important, serious, big, etc. than it really is
1."It's good to have a couple days and get your body right, " said Kobe Bryant, and he might be understating things.
“有两天的休息时间来恢复体力很不错，”科比说道，他可能懂得其中的道理。
2.Even then, Mr Blanchard might be wrong. He may be understating the costs of higher inflation.
即使是这样，布兰查德可能也是错的。
3.Or, as conspiracy theorists conclude, is Beijing deliberately understating its embarrassingly large surplus?
还是，像阴谋论者所总结的那样，中央政府故意瞒报了其令人窘迫的高盈余额？
4.With Is China deliberately understating the size of its trade surplus?
中国是否故意少报了外贸的盈余大小？
5.Is China deliberately understating the size of its trade surplus?
中国是否故意少报了其贸易盈余的大小？
6.Business and government both work to confuse and mislead the citizen, understating the true price (or taxes) to win customers (or votes).
企业和政府都努力迷惑和误导公众，低报真实价格（或税收），以赢得客户（或选民）。
7.Brendsel fell in 2003, after government regulators accused Freddie Mac of understating billions in profits in an effort to smooth earnings.
布兰德塞尔于2003年下台，政府监管部门指控房地美为修匀收益瞒报了数十亿美元利润。
8.Have an understating of the tasks you will be expected to perform in the role and the responsibilities that you might assume.
有你将会被期望在你可能承担的角色和职责中运行的工作的打着折扣说。
9.Even if that figure overstates the problem, there is little doubt that governments are understating their pensions liabilities.
即使这些数字夸大了养老金成本问题，毫无疑问政府低报了纳税人的养老金负担。
10.Burgernomics is also a handy check on whether governments are understating inflation.
汉堡包经济学也是检验政府是否低估通胀的简便方法。