understatement
英 [ˈʌndəsteɪtmənt] 美 [ˈʌndərsteɪtmənt]

n.

保守的陈述；轻描淡写；

变形

复数：understatements

英英释义

understatement[ ʌndə'steitmənt ]

• n.a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. To say the film is bad is an understatement.
   说这部影片不好是比较温和的说法。
2. The description above is quite an understatement.
   上文的评价其实很保守。

权威例句

Understatement as a pragmatic strategy: An adaptation-based approach,
On Pragmatic Inference of Understatement from a Cognitive Perspective
Interpretation of Pragmatic Inference of Understatement
Exaggeration is harder than understatement, but practice makes perfect!
On the Features and Sociopsychological Conditions of Understatement
"I've Never Seen Anything Like It": Overstatement, Understatement, and Irony
Contrast and pragmatics in figurative language: Anything understatement can do, irony can do better ☆
Dollar unit sampling: multi - nomial bounds for total overstatement and understatement errors
Unresolved contradictions specifying attitudes — in metaphor, irony, understatement and tautology ☆
Methodologic concerns regarding estimates of physical violence in sexual coercion: overstatement or understatement?