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]
- 英式发音
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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。
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。
词组短语
- 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
短语
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
- 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.
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专业释义
- 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