1N-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]
2N-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.