understatement

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌʌn.dəˈsteɪt.mənt]
• 美式音标 [ˌʌn.dɚˈsteɪt.mənt]
• 国际音标 [ʌndə'steitmənt]
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基本解释

• n. 保守的陈述；不充分的陈述；有保留的陈述

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  understated：低调的；朴素的；轻描淡写的；不夸张的。

• vi性质的同根词

  understate：保守地说；有意轻描淡写。

• vt性质的同根词

  understate：少说，少报；保守地说；有意轻描淡写。

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英汉例句

• He informed us with massive understatement that he was feeling disappointed.
  他极力轻描淡写地跟我们说他感到失望。
• To say he wasn't amused must be the understatement of the year.
  说他不感兴趣肯定说轻了.
• 'A little strange'is a gross understatement.
  “ 有一点奇怪”绝对是轻描淡写.
• "We both have an interesting 10 days coming up," said Alex Ferguson with studied understatement.
  亚历克斯·弗格森故作轻描淡写地说：“我们都即将迎来愉快的10天。”
• He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year.
  说他很不好相处，那简直是说得太客气了。

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词组短语

短语

• Guarded understatement 谨慎性保留陈述
• Gentle Understatement 一种温和婉转的说词
• an understatement 不恰当的字眼
• hyperbole understatement 夸张
• English understatement 英语低调陈述

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a statement that describes something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is, or the act of making such statements

柯林斯英英字典

• If you say that a statement is an understatement, you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true.
• Understatement is the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have.

• understatement剑桥字典
• understatement柯林斯字典

专业释义

语言学

• 低调陈述

  Understatement is a frequently used pragmatic strategy in daily communication.
  低调陈述是一种常见的语用现象。

  文学

• 低调陈述

  It might help people have a better understanding of understatement and improve their communicative competence and interpersonal relationships.
  本论文的研究可以帮助人们更好地理解低调陈述,从而提高交际能力、改善双方关系。

  经济学

• 少报