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un.der.es.ti.mate (obj)H.Qn7dE5res7tI7meIt, $-dL5es-vto fail to guess or understand the real cost, size, difficulty, etc. of (something), or to fail to understand how strong, skilful, intelligent or determined (someone, esp. a competitor) is估价过低，估计不足，低估Originally the builders gave me a price of ￡2000, but now they say they underestimated and it's going to be at least ￡3000. [I]起初建筑商要价2000英镑, 但现在他们说他们低估了, 至少要3000英镑。One shouldn't underestimate the difficulties of getting all the political parties to the conference table. [T]人们不应低估要使所有党派都坐下来谈判的困难。Never underestimate your enemy! [T]永远不要低估你的敌人！"No man ...has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people" (H.L.Mencken in the Chicago Tribune, 1926) “没人…曾因低估平民大众的智慧而损失钱财”(摘自《芝加哥论坛》, 作者H.L.门肯)
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