- understatement
- n. 保守的陈述；不充分的陈述；有保留的陈述
参考例子
- 1.The fact is , this is a guy for whom the phrase "been there, done that"is 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。
- 2.To say the surgeons here are operating under difficult circumstances is clearly an understatement.
- 要说外科医师在困难的环境中动手术，这样一点也不为过。
- 3.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。
英文解释
- n.
- 1.a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
网络释义
- understatement
- 保守的陈述; 轻描淡写; 低调陈述; 含蓄;
- Gentle Understatement
- 一种温和婉转的说词;
- understatement of income
- 少报入息; 少报收入;
- understatement of profit
- 少报利润;
- The Age of the Understatement
- 纯真年代;