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understatement是什么意思

understatement

英[ˈʌndəsteɪtmənt] 美[ˈʌndərsteɪtmənt]

n. 保守的陈述，轻描淡写；

复数：understatements;

相关单词 understatements

反义词

n.
understatement的反义词之：不充分的陈述
exaggeration overstatement

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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.
例句
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. 说他很不好相处，那简直是说得太客气了。
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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.
例句
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

英汉词典释义

n.
有节制的陈述或表达;少说;少报
重事轻说;轻描淡写
To say he wasn’t amused must be the understatement of the year. 说他不感兴趣肯定说轻了。 ‘A little strange’ is a gross understatement. “有一点奇怪”绝对是轻描淡写。

英英词典释义

Noun
1. a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

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