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Understatement 例:He 英[ˈʌndəsteɪtmənt 美[ˈʌndərsteɪtmənt N.保守的陈述;轻描淡写 N Count 不充分如实的陈述;轻描淡写的说明 Statement

单词 understatement
音标
英[ˈʌndəsteɪtmənt] 美[ˈʌndərsteɪtmənt]
解释
n.保守的陈述;轻描淡写;
例句

N-COUNT
不充分如实的陈述;轻描淡写的说明
If you say that a statement is an understatement, you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true.
例:To say I'm disappointed is an understatement...说我失望那是说得太轻了。
例:He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year.说他很不好相处,那简直是说得太客气了。

N-UNCOUNT
轻描淡写;重事轻说;淡化
Understatement is the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have.
例:He informed us with massive understatement that he was feeling disappointed.他极力轻描淡写地跟我们说他感到失望。
例:...typical British understatement.典型的英国式轻描淡写
变形
pl:understatements~

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