It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.

对该问题的严重性轻描淡写是错误的。

The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices.

政府有意选择对价格的上涨轻描淡写。

Indeed, this may understate the actual number.

实际上，这一数字可能低于实际水平。

These figures may understate actual price declines.

这些数字可能低估实际价格的下跌。

Factory managers understate their potential output.

工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。

I can't understate the importance of always having fun.

我无法充分地说明经常保持愉快的重要性。

To call this a security hole is to understate the point woefully.

不幸的是，将它称之为安全性漏洞有些轻描淡写。

The figures probably understate the real unemployment rate.

这些数字跟真实的失业率大概是有些差距的。

The press have tended to understate the extent of the problem.

平面媒体想轻描淡写地说明问题的波及面。

Yet even these figures understate the change that is taking place.

然而即使这些数据相对发生在他们国内的变化而言，有所保留。

The inflation numbers probably understate the degree of overheating.

通胀数据可能还不足说明经济过热的程度。

I am not trying to understate the impact of central Banks on the market.

我不想低估外国央行在市场上的影响。

She refuses on principle to understate her income for taxation purposes.

他出于道德上的动机，不愿为了少纳税而少报收入。

Moreover, these Numbers understate how much middle-class people are spending per child.

其实这些数据还低估了中产阶级家庭花在每个孩子身上的钱。

Taxing property makes sense because of the widespread Greek tendency to understate income.

给财产纳税是无可厚非的，因为希腊人普遍倾向于低估收入。

But Chinese experts say that, if anything, the Western models probably understate the problems.

中国专家说，如果有什么，那就是西方模式可能低估了这个问题。

Banks made 7.95 trillion yuan of new loans, and even that figure may understate their generosity.

商业银行的新增贷款高达7.95万亿人民币，甚至这一数字可能低估了实际贷款额。

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics uses geometric weighting and hedonics to understate inflation.

美国劳工统计局用几何加权法低估通胀。

But that is to understate the problem, because what is really going on here is a clash of cultures.

但前面所述的问题仅仅是冰山一角。我们真正面临的问题是文化的冲突。

Impressive though they are, these figures, based on household survey data, may understate the fall.

虽然这些基于家庭调查资料的数据已经令人吃惊，但是在降低程度上可能还是保守数字。

Moreover, in some Asian countries, expenditure figures may understate the true extent of inequality.

此外，在一些亚洲国家，支出数字可能低估了真实的不平等程度。

Indeed, his classification into any other rank than this would seriously understate his impact on the world.

的确，将他划入任何其他行列，都可能大大淡化他对世界的影响。

All of which suggests that Wall Street's optimists may understate the impact of weaker home prices on spending.

所有的一切都表明华尔街的乐观派有可能是故意低估了房价走弱对消费支出的影响。

The data on operational expenses (USD 200 million) seems to understate the true costs, given the size of the portal.

关于经营费用的数据(2亿美元)似乎低谷了其真实成本，就网络端口的规模来说。

These transfers are already far bigger than anything the Europeans could match, but the figures actually understate matters.

这些债务转移方案的重要性远远超过欧洲的衡量范围，但这些数据却不能充分的得到证明。

But it paints a grim picture of the scale of protecting the 1,400-mile-long reef, and may severely understate the cost of doing so.

不过，保护1400英里长的珊瑚礁的任务之浩大，在报告的描述中显得令人担忧，而且它可能严重低估了保护成本。