understatement的中文翻译是什么意思
understatement
n. 保守的陈述; 轻描淡写
understatement的柯林斯释义
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.
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。
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.
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
understatement的英文释义
Noun
1. a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
understatement的场景例句
To call this CD amazingly satisfying is a gross understatement.
称这张CD令人惊叹与满意只是一个保守说法.
It is a hopeless understatement to say that I am deeply grateful.
只是一句“我深深地感谢”远不足以表达我的谢意.
It is a hopeless ( definite ) ( positive ) understatement to say that I am deeply ( sincerely ) ( truly ) grateful.
我深深的 ( 真挚的 ) ( 真诚的 ) 感谢远不足以 ( 不能确切 ) ( 不能明确 ) 表达我的谢意.
The fact is, this is a guy for whom the phrase been there, done an understatement.
事实上, 仅用“去过那儿, 做过什么”来形容他的经历还是远远不够的.
Oh come on, you know that's a gross understatement. She's an absolute beauty.
喔,少来了, 不用讲你也知道那是个粗略的保守说法. 她绝对是个大美人.