underachieve
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they underachieve | |
| he / she / it underachieves | |
| past simple underachieved | |
| past participle underachieved | |
| -ing form underachieving |
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. 太多的男孩在学校成绩不佳。