underachieve
verb🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːv/
🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːv/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they underachieve | 🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːv/ 🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːv/ |
| he / she / it underachieves | 🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvz/ 🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvz/ |
| past simple underachieved | 🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvd/ 🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvd/ |
| past participle underachieved | 🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvd/ 🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvd/ |
| -ing form underachieving | 🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvɪŋ/ |
to do less well than you could do, especially in school work （尤指学习上）未发挥水平，未展现实力 Too many boys are underachieving at school. 太多的男孩在学校里表现不佳。