Undervalue
[ʌndə'væljuː] or [,ʌndɚ'vælju]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) esteem lightly.
(verb.) assign too low a value to; 'Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price'.
手打:列侬--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.
(v. t.) To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise.
(n.) A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation.
格伦錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Underrate, misprize, rate below the true value, rate too low.[2]. Despise, depreciate, esteem lightly, hold in low estimation.
編輯:梅布尔
同義詞及反義詞：
[See ADVENTURE_and_BUSINESS]
卡洛整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to value below the real worth: to esteem lightly.—n. a value or price under the real worth: low rate or price.—ns. Undervaluā′tion an undervaluing: rate below the worth; Underval′uer.
錄入:凯文
例句/造句/用法:
- I do not wish to hurt you, nor to seem to undervalue the honour which you have done me, but the thing you desire may not be. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Don't undervalue your fighting powers, Maurice, said the Demarch, who overheard this remark; your tussle with Alcibiades was no light one. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Monsieur has seen me reading them a hundred times, and knows I have not so many recreations as to undervalue those he provides. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It is not likely that they undervalue a distinction such as this. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Ever since her womanhood almost, had she not been persecuted and undervalued? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- There's something in what she says, though, said Caleb, not disposed to have Mary's sharpness undervalued. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Mr. Lydgate, said Mrs. Farebrother, who could not let this pass, you don't know my son: he always undervalues himself. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I tell him he is undervaluing the God who made him, and made him a most excellent preacher. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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