misunderstate

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To understate by mistake.
    — Just as the bathymetrical limit of marine life, which was laid down at 300 fathoms by Professor Edward Forbes, is now no longer accepted, so the distance to which light can penetrate may prove to have been misunderstated hitherto, and should, in the interest of truth, be re-examined by physicists.

词形变化

misunderstates present,singular,third-person misunderstating participle,present misunderstated participle,past misunderstated past

词源

From mis- + understate.
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