underestimated

英 [ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪtɪd]

美 [ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪtɪd]

v.  低估; 对…估计不足; 对…认识不足(或重视不够); 轻视
underestimate的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：underestimated　

GRE

COCA.40724

柯林斯词典

• VERB 低估；对…估计不足
  If youunderestimatesomething, you do not realize how large or great it is or will be.
  1. None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face in career advancement...
     我们谁都不应该低估女性在事业发展过程中所面临的困难程度。
  2. Never underestimate what you can learn from a group of like-minded people.
     千万不要低估你从一群志趣相投的人那里所能学到的东西。
• VERB 低估;轻视;小看
  If youunderestimatesomeone, you do not realize what they are capable of doing.
  1. I think a lot of people still underestimate him...
     我觉得很多人仍然低估了他。
  2. The first lesson I learnt as a soldier was never to underestimate the enemy.
     作为一名士兵，我学到的第一课就是决不要低估敌人。

双语例句

• And get defeated because we underestimated him.
  因为我们低估了他，结果被他打败了。
• You underestimated the young man's ability.
  你低估了这个年轻人的能力。
• I probably underestimated the credibility gap.
  我可能低估了大小公司间的信誉差距。
• Yet America is being underestimated.
  但是，美国被低估了。
• I think we must all admit, from the very beginning, we underestimated the severity of this crisis.
  我认为，大家必须承认一点，大家最初都低估了金融危机的严重性。
• It seems I underestimated your awareness of the situation.
  看来我低估了你对局势的观察力。
• They overlooked the gap between public positioning and private pragmatism, and underestimated the political resolve.
  他们忽视了公开姿态和私下务实做法之间的差别，低估了政治决心。
• They underestimated the difficulty of the task.
  他们低估了任务的艰巨性。
• I underestimated how much this orb is worth.
  我低估了“天球”的价值。
• We had underestimated the scale of the problem.
  我们低估了这个问题的影响力。