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understatement
ʌndəʳsteɪtmənt ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt
Word forms: plural understatements
1 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. 不充分如实的陈述;轻描淡写的说明
  • To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.

    说我失望那是说得太轻了。

  • He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year. [+ of]

    说他很不好相处,那简直是说得太客气了。

SYN euphemism, trivialization
2 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. 轻描淡写;重事轻说;淡化
  • 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。

  • ...typical British understatement.

    典型的英国式轻描淡写

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See also: understate


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