underreport

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To report a number falsely, making it smaller than it ought to be, especially to do so intentionally
    — March 9, 2007, Lara Jordan, Associated Press, Audit Slams FBI Use Of Patriot Act The FBI underreported its use of the USA Patriot Act to force businesses to turn over customer information in suspected terrorism cases, according to a Justice Department audit.
  2. As a group, to report something less frequently than it actually occurs
    — Women tend to underreport rape.

词形变化

underreports present,singular,third-person underreporting participle,present underreported participle,past underreported past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English report
English underreport
From under- + report.
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