understatement,英语单词,主要用作名词,作名词时译为“保守的陈述;不充分的陈述;有保留的陈述”。

外文名

understatement

词性

名词

美式发音

[ˈʌndərsteɪtmənt]

英式发音

[ˈʌndəsteɪtmənt]

单词用法

understatement /ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt/ ( understatements )

1.N-COUNT If you say that a statement is an understatement, you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true. 不充分的陈述

2.N-UNCOUNTUnderstatement is the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have. 低调说法; 轻描淡写

短语搭配

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

Understatement of liabilities 隐瞒负债

THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF YEAR 过于低调的陈述

Age of the Understatement 唱片名