understatement

understatement什么意思,understatement翻译

基本解释

n.: 保守的说法；不充分的叙述；淡化；低调说法
网络: 低调陈述；轻描淡写；含蓄陈述

权威解释

• 保守的说法；不充分的叙述:

  a statement that makes sth seem less important, impressive, serious, etc. than it really is

• 淡化；低调说法:

  the practice of making things seem less impressive, important, serious, etc. than they really are

英汉解释

• 掩饰;轻描淡写

• 有保留的说法

• 含蓄的说法

• 有节制的陈述

词性分析

• 复数：understatements

同义词

n.ironydrynesssarcasmunderestimation

反义词

n.exaggeration

例句

• "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。”

• A source close to Miss Perroncel, 33, claimed in The Sun: "To say she"s a Chelsea girl is a bit of an understatement.

  据消息灵通人士透露，据《太阳报》的说法，说33岁的佩罗塞尔是切尔西女孩有点太含蓄了。

• 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。

• 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。

• "These figures are a bit disappointing. " "That"s got to be the understatement of the year. "

  “这些数字有点令人失望。”“那一定是本年度最保守的说法了。”

• It would be an understatement to say that the last century has been a golden age for medical science.

  上个世纪毫无疑问是医药科学的黄金时代。

• 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。

• I was, in the 1960s, in a marriage . . . to use the word "bad" would be perhaps the understatement of the year. It was dreadful.

  60年代我结婚了，用“糟糕透了”这个词都不足以形容简直是糟糕极了。

• 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。

• As the company"s lawyers wrote in one court filing, "That this case is large and complex is an understatement. "

  在一份法律文件中该公司的律师写道：“此案之庞杂无以言表。”