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单词

undervalue

读音
ˌʌndərˈvæljuː
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词根

"Undervalue"的词根是value,意为价值。而under是前缀,意为低于或在...之下,所以"undervalue"整体意思就是估价过低。

释义

v. 低估……的价值;看轻,轻视 n. 低于实际价值的价格 [ 复数 undervalues 第三人称单数 undervalues 现在分词 undervaluing 过去式 undervalued 过去分词 undervalued ]

例句

We must never undervalue freedom.
我们决不可低估自由的价值。
But rich countries undervalue women as well.
但在富裕国家中也同样低估女性的价值。
I think people sort of undervalue emotional life anyway.
我认为人们低估了情感生活。

强化记忆

可以将此词与其他以 "under-" 开头的词一起记忆,如 "understand"(了解),"underestimate"(低估),"underscore"(强调)等,这些词都传达了某种程度的比基本含义更低的意思。"Undervalue"这个词源自拉丁文 "valēre",意思是强壮的、有价值的。随着社会和经济的发展,人们开始用更多的词来描述价值的各种含义,包括"undervalue",用来描述评估价值偏低的情况。

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in one of the loosest countries in the world.No wonder they undervalue structure.And I think this really matters, because people need structure.
Like addressing our ambiguity biasthat causes us to financially undervalueanything that seems foreign or complex.
And where there are outliers,the typical approach is to undervalue them,to see them as a deviation from the average
why does addiction and the stigma of addictionmake it OK to undervalue human lives?Ironically, I'm often asked the opposite question.
in this case, verbal communication —and undervalue others, such as creative problem-solving.Communication was hard for Isaac,
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大学英语四级近六年,GRE填空及阅读机经,剑桥雅思阅读真题4-15,经济学人(The Economist)