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单词

understatement

读音
ˈʌndərsteɪtmənt
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释义

n. 保守的陈述;不充分的陈述;有保留的陈述 [ 复数 understatements ]

例句

To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.
说我很失望是很轻的说法。
He always goes for subtlety and understatement in his movies.
他总是在自己的电影中运用细腻刻画和淡化手法。
"We both have an interesting 10 days coming up," said Alex Ferguson with studied understatement.
“未来10天对双方来说都会非常有趣。”,亚历克斯·弗格森故作轻描淡写地说。

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(Laughter)So, there's a kind of British understatement, murder-mystery themethat I really love very much.
that's working to develop one.Though to say it's a grand challenge is kind of an understatement,but if it's realized,
I was slapped with a big, fat reminder.To say that I was burned-out at the time was an understatement,but thanks to my coping mechanism, drinking,
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