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un·der·state·ment 英ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt, ˈʌndəˌsteɪt-美ˌʌndɚˈstetmənt, ˈʌndɚˌstet-AHDŭn'dər-stātʹmənt, ŭnʹdər-stāt'- ★☆☆☆☆高四Ｇ宝COCA²⁰⁴²²BNC¹⁸⁹³⁴iWeb¹³⁷⁹⁸Economist²⁰⁴⁰⁷⁺⁸
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n.轻描淡写⁹⁵;有保留地陈述⁵复数understatements
被告辩护说话清楚/含糊说话
Noun:
a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been saidGRE红宝书understate轻描淡写+mentn. 轻描淡写的陈述; 掩饰understate-ment行为|结果⇒n.轻描淡写⁹⁵近义词 irony反讽dryness干燥sarcasm挖苦underestimation低估反义词 overstatement夸大其词
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用作名词To say the film is bad is anunderstatement.说这部影片不好是比较温和的说法。
The description above is quite anunderstatement.上文的评价其实很保守。noun.restrained statement
同义词 distortion,litotes,restraint,underestimate
反义词 exaggeration,overstatement
figure of speechnoun non-literal communication
adumbration,allegory,alliteration,allusion,analogue,analogy,anaphora,anticlimax,antistrophe,antithesis,aposiopesis,apostrophe,asyndeton,bathos,comparison,conceit,device,echoism,ellipsis,euphemism,euphuism,exaggeration,expression,flourish,flower,hyperbole,image,imagery,irony,litotes,malapropism,manner of speaking,metaphor,metonymy,onomatopoeia,ornament,oxymoron,parable,paradox,parallel,personification,proteron,rhetoric,sarcasm,satire,simile,stylistic device,synecdoche,trope,tropology,turn of phrase,way of speaking Saying that virtualization is a hot technology today is an understatement.
目前，简单地将虚拟化称为一种热点技术似乎有些保守。 ibm
To call the company a meritocracy would be an understatement.
称这个公司为知识界的精英群一点都不为过。 yeeyan
To say that the Iraq War caused some heated debate in Congress would be an understatement, but it wasn't just the original war resolution in 2003 that got representatives all riled up.
如果说伊拉克战争所引起的美国国会的激烈辩论只是轻描淡写，但这些激烈辩论不仅仅在于2003年最初激怒所有代表的战争决议。 yeeyan
To say that blogs experienced exponential growth is a bit of an understatement.
说博客经历了指数级增长是有点儿低估它了。 yeeyan
To say I was despondent is an understatement.
说我有些沮丧已经算是轻描淡写了。 yeeyan
What he doubtless thought was sober realism now reads like understatement.
他当时肯定的是严肃的现实，但如今看来确是轻描淡写了。 ecocn
“ I have more concerns about potential risks and vulnerabilities than most people, ” he said, with glum understatement.
“与大多数人相比，我更加关切潜在的风险和弱点，”他轻描淡写地如许说道。 yeeyan
“ To say that the Frenchman concerned was amazingly eccentric would be an understatement” wrote one contemporary diarist.
同时代的一个日记作者曾写道：“要说这个法国人行为古怪令人好奇，那或许有些保守。” ecocn
Graves expressed so clearly the aftermath of combat, the wounds to the mind and soul. And he told of the actual experience in chilling understatement.
格雷夫斯明确表达了战争的结果，对精神和心灵的双重创伤。而且他从官方冰冷保守的报告中揭示了战争的真实体验。 yeeyan
He was accused of hyperbole but seems, rather, to have been guilty of understatement.
他曾被指责为太过夸张，但是，他好像有点儿被低估错了。 ecocn
I am a sentimental gardener Anistatia, my wife, is laughing at this understatement.
我是一个多愁善感的园丁 Anistatia，我的妻子，正为这个轻描淡写的词语哈哈大笑。 yeeyan
Instead of competing to host the most lavish beach parties, as they have in previous years, agencies are trying to outdo each other with understatement.
广告代理公司们没有像前些年那样竞相主办最奢华的沙滩派对，而是都在试图以低调处理来胜过彼此。 yeeyan
It was an honest response, and also something of an understatement.
这是个诚恳的回答，当然也有一些潜台词。 yeeyan
It would be an understatement to say that the world, and the people in it, have more problems than we know how to deal with.
这将会是一种轻描淡写的说法是，世界和之中的人们，会比我们知道如何解决的方法有更多的问题。 yeeyan
She had, she explains with understatement, “ a slight addiction”.
她轻描淡写地解释道，“有那么一点上瘾。” yeeyan
That's an understatement, because the world cannot afford even one“ Chinese growth strategy” at this moment.
这还只是保守的说法，此时的世界经济甚至连一个“中国式增长战略”的经济体也承受不起。 yeeyan
To say there's some uncertainty over OPEC's intentions, let alone its capabilities, is something of an understatement.
事实上，要说市场对于欧佩克的意图有些不确定，可能还说轻了，更别提对其能力的不确定了。 fortunechina
To say these companies had long-term visions is an understatement.
若说这些公司拥有长远视野，这只是在轻描淡写而已。 yeeyan |