understatement
英音[ ˈʌndəsteɪtmənt ] 美音[ ˈʌndərsteɪtmənt ]

轻描淡写

常用释义

词性释义

n.

不充分的陈述,以退为进的陈述;淡化,轻描淡写
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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。
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。
“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。
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。”
To say the crowd and Panettiere were a bit stunned is a bit of an understatement.
用“吓晕了”来形容观众和潘妮蒂尔的反应都不为过。
Voluminous empirical evidence now available shows that the statement, far from being an exaggeration, probably was an understatement.
实际上大量的证据表明,这种说法非但没有夸大甚至还可能是打了折扣的。
所以说伯蒂县的公共教育系统生存艰难是很保守的说法。
有关欧盟领导人的这种组合不会真正反映出欧盟观点多样化的言论是有意在轻描淡写。
It would be an understatement to say that both ventures were treated with scepticism.
可以保守地说,这两个大胆计划都令人怀疑。
The first half. Disjointed is something of an understatement.
上半场。在主队的压力下蓝军踢得有些脱节。
This proved something of an understatement.
这其实是一种低调的说法。
许多年后回忆起早年的痛苦、他总是轻描淡写的带过:移民生活对我的影响很大。
这某种程度上可能还是一种较为保守的说法,因为最新数据显示,3月份的新增贷款额达到了创纪录水平。
HENRY KISSINGER was guilty of understatement when he said that power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
“权力是最好的催情剂”,亨利•基辛格这一说法有轻描淡写之过。
Quickly seems to be an understatement. What time's the cutoff?
很快就意味着不充分什么时候截止?。
说并非所有人都赞同这一理论,是客气的说法。
如果说那一餐和它的创造者挑战了我对精致美食先入为主的观念,这仍只是轻描淡写的说法
令人沮丧的是这一数据还是一个保守的叙述。
That's a bit of an understatement.
那样说有点太客气了。
To say that the last few years were not kind to the auto industry is a massive understatement.
要说过去几年汽车行业不景气,似乎过于轻描淡写。
如果说这顿菜肴和它的创作者挑战了我对美食先入为主的观念,这麽说还太含蓄,因为他们彻底地震撼了我!
It would be an understatement to say the web has gotten faster in recent years.
web在近些年来已经变得更快了,不过这样的说法有些保守。
这说法真够含蓄的。我真不明白以前在学校的时候你是怎么忍受那些大清早的。
As it went, I'm glad I was even able to make the accurate understatement that he was a "naughty billionaire" .
结果最后只有“无良巨富”这句温和的话脱口而出,但考虑到那种情况,我已经很满意了。
1·The research on the topic of the Relevance Theory will lay a theoretical foundation for the further study on pragmatic inferences and the interpretation of pragmatic meaning of understatement.
本文认为关联理论的研究为低调陈述的语用推理和语用意义的研究奠定了理论基础。
2·In terms of the linguistic expressions of politeness mainly used in business negotiation, there are vagueness, euphemism, understatement, and compliments.
就商务谈判礼貌语言表达而言,主要表现有模糊表达,委婉暗示,低调陈述,称赞对方等。
常用短语
同根词 (词根understate)
understated adj 低调的;朴素的;轻描淡写的;不夸张的
understate vi 保守地说;有意轻描淡写
understate vt 少说,少报;保守地说;有意轻描淡写