understatement
noun
ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt
noun
1
a
statement
that
is
not
strong
enough
to
express
how
good,
bad,
impressive
etc
something
really
is
不充分的陈述，轻描淡写的陈述
C
To
say
the
movie
was
bad
is
an
understatement
.
说这部电影不好还算是客气的。
‘It
wasn’t
very
easy
to
find
the
house.’
‘That’s
got
to
be
the
understatement
of
the
year
!’
“这房子不是很好找到。”“那可是说得太轻了！”
2
the
practice
of
making
something
seem
to
have
less
of
a
particular
quality
than
it
really
has
淡化，低调
U
with
understatement
‘We
have
not
done
quite
well
enough,’
Macmillan
said,
with
characteristic
understatement.
“我们做得还不够好。”麦克米兰以其特有的低调说道。