understatements
n. 有節制的陳述或表達( understatement的名詞複數 ); 少說; 少報; 重事輕說
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...
說我失望那是說得太輕了。
He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year.
說他很不好相處,那簡直是說得太客氣了。
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.
他極力輕描淡寫地跟我們說他感到失望。
...typical British understatement.
典型的英國式輕描淡寫
Search for exaggeration and understatements.
留意誇張和打折扣的話.