| 词汇 | undervaluing |
| 释义 | undervaluing present participle ofundervalue undervalue verb[ T ] uk /ˌʌn.dəˈvæl.juː/ us /ˌʌn.dɚˈvæl.juː/ to consider someone or something as less valuable or important than he, she, or it really is: 低估;轻视;对…认识不足 The company had undervalued the building by £20,000.公司把这幢大楼低估了两万英镑。 He felt undervalued and underpaid.他觉得自己未受到应有的重视，报酬也过低。 Opposite overvalue Analysing and evaluating adjudication analysable analyse analyser analyst assign have the measure of someone/somethingidiom inspect inspection interpret interpretable interpretive microscope parse reinspection reinterpret reinterpretation reinvestigate reinvestigation weigh Examples of undervaluingundervaluing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This has led to an overvaluing of the external and the material, and to an undervaluing of the intellectual and the spiritual. This pattern contributes to gender inequality and to undervaluing care as a marginal activity, hidden in private life. And that implication is likely to lead to the undervaluing of non-human interests. The apparent bias in this approach towards undervaluing impacts on the poor might not matter in relatively egalitarian economies, but is likely to be significant where high income inequalities exist. Let us not compound that error by undervaluing biogas. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It suggests that we are still undervaluing our capacity to produce more of our own timber. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been effective in providing legal protection against pay discrimination but also in challenging the culture of undervaluing women. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not undervaluing their influence, but that is what, they are from a legal point of view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that in saying that he may well be undervaluing the crucial role of leadership in any organisation or project. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To give way to any appearance of undervaluing the unique dignity of each human being would be gravely to damage the support of scientific research. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a measure of the potential undervaluing of the company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is about undervaluing girls—those girls would live if they were valued. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not only depriving the maintained sector of funds; he is damaging morale by undervaluing the education that it provides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should strike a balance between concern for the obvious difficulties of the situation and not undervaluing what is being done now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That figure represents a considerable undervaluing of the substantial benefit of a price-protected pension during the last few years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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