underestimate
USʌndə'restə'meıt
معنی فارسی
کم براورد کردن
معنی کامل و مثالها
/es´tǝ māt´/vt.
● دست کم گرفتن، کم اهمیت (یا کم ارج و غیره) پنداشتن
don¨t ever underestimate the strength of this storm!
هرگز قدرت این توفان را دست کم نگیر!
no enemy should be underestimated
دشمن نتوان حقیر و بیچاره شمرد
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From 'under-' meaning less than the correct amount + 'estimate'.
مثال
- Don't underestimate the difficulty of the task.
- The government should not underestimate the cost of the project.
- She tends to underestimate her own abilities.
ترکیبهای رایج
Underestimate the cost Underestimate the difficulty Underestimate the importance Underestimate the impact
تعریف انگلیسی
verb
- assign too low a value to “Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something”
- make a deliberately low estimate “The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something”
- make too low an estimate of “he underestimated the work that went into the renovation” “Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s somebody”
مترادفها
verb active
Undervalue, underrate, misprize, rate below the true value, rate too low.