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underdo

/uhn-der-doo/US // ˌʌn dərˈdu //

潜规则,潜行,潜入,潜伏

Definitions

  1. 1

    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.