underdo
/uhn-der-doo/US // ˌʌn dərˈdu //
潜规则,潜行,潜入,潜伏
Definitions
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un·der·did, un·der·done, un·der·do·ing.
- : to do less or in a lesser fashion than is usual or requisite.
Examples
It is distinctly unhealthful either to overdo or to underdo work, play, rest, or sleep.
A young fellow should be ambitious to shine in everything—and, of the two, always rather overdo than underdo.
A young fellow should be ambitious to shine in everything; and, of the two, rather overdo than underdo.
The English overdo or underdo everything, and are either drunk or in despair.
With all their attention, however, they sometimes overdo the business, and sometimes underdo it.
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