understatement
英['ʌndə'steitmənt]美['ʌndə'steitmənt]
n.
轻描淡写，不充分的陈述
轻描淡写，不充分的陈述
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- A clever use of understatement,eg for effect
巧妙地轻描淡写(如为获得某种效果).收藏 - What's the matter?Got the grumps?Careful.First sign of old age.At least you look happy. It was an understatement. Louisa looked ecstatic.
“怎么了?生气了?小心点。衰老的第一个征兆。…至少你看上去高兴。”有点冷嘲热讽的意思。路易莎却欣喜异常。收藏 - Voluminous empirical evidence now available shows that the statement, far from being an exaggeration, probably was an understatement
实际上大量的证据表明，这种说法非但没有夸大甚至还可能是打了折扣的。收藏
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