underread

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To read below what is normal, usual, or expected, or with less competency, alertness, ability, etc. transitive
    — You underread the law--I merely commented that, from the vague information you gave, it's possible you weren't so clean yourself. Even if your actions weren't illegal, they were still, in my opinion, objectionable.
  2. simple past and past participle of underread form-of,participle,past
  3. To read to a lesser degree. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Read to a lesser degree; insufficiently read. uncommon
    — -Wake-up call to the offense? Hello....offense! Anybody home? I have a feeling Coach Richt has heard the footsteps, and will turn to some of the underread pages in the playbook. (I hope!)
  2. Having read below what is normal, usual, or expected, or with less competency, alertness, ability, etc. rare
    — He can't be too old. His comments indicate a person who is underread just enough to be dangerous.

词形变化

underreads present,singular,third-person underreading participle,present underread participle,past underread past more underread comparative most underread superlative

词汇关系

反义词
overread

词源

词源 1
From under- + read (verb).
词源 2
From under- + read, simple past and past participle of read.
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