understatement
英 [?nd?'ste?tm(?)nt; '?nd?-]
美['?nd?stetm?nt]
- n. 保守的陳述；不充分的陳述；有保留的陳述
GRE低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?understatements;
英文詞源
- understatement (n.)
- 1799, from under + statement.
雙語例句
- 1. 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. To say he wasn't amused must be the understatement of the year.
- 說他不感興趣肯定說輕了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. 'A little strange'is a gross understatement.
- “ 有一點(diǎn)奇怪”絕對(duì)是輕描淡寫.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. "We both have an interesting 10 days coming up," said Alex Ferguson with studied understatement.
- 亞歷克斯·弗格森故作輕描淡寫地說：“我們都即將迎來愉快的10天。”
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. 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。
來自柯林斯例句