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understatement

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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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  • 美式发音

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

    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

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.

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