be underdone
常用作表语，表示食物未充分烹饪。
The steak is underdone.
这块牛排没熟透。
未煮熟的；半生不熟的
未充分烹调的；半生不熟的。
not cooked enough
未充分烹调的；半生不熟的。
insufficiently cooked; undercooked
The steak was underdone, so I asked them to cook it a little more.
牛排没煮熟，所以我请他们再煮一下。
用法提示：underdone 为形容词，作表语，表示食物未煮熟。
The chicken is underdone; the juices are pink.
鸡肉没熟透，汁水还是粉色的。
用法提示：underdone 为形容词，作表语，说明鸡肉仍未熟透。
He prefers his potatoes slightly underdone.
他更喜欢土豆稍微煮得不太熟。
用法提示：underdone 为形容词，作宾语补足语，说明土豆煮得不够熟。
常用作表语，表示食物未充分烹饪。
The steak is underdone.
这块牛排没熟透。
直接修饰名词，作定语。
I returned the underdone chicken.
我把未熟透的鸡肉退了。
可用slightly, a bit, very等副词修饰。
The roast was slightly underdone.
烤肉稍微有点没熟透。
grammar · medium
易错句子The steak is underdo.
正确表达The steak is underdone.
“underdo”是动词原形，不能用作形容词；应使用过去分词“underdone”作表语，表示食物未熟透。
grammar · medium
易错句子I underdone the chicken.
正确表达I undercooked the chicken.
“underdone”是形容词，不能用作及物动词的过去式；表达“烹饪不足”应使用动词“undercook”的过去式“undercooked”。
underdone 指食物未熟透，而 undone 指工作未完成或衣物解开。
underdone 指未熟透，overdone 指煮过头，是相反的状态。
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