understatements

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənts]

美 [ˈʌndərˌsteɪtmənts]

n.  保守的说法; 不充分的叙述; 淡化; 低调说法
understatement的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 不充分如实的陈述；轻描淡写的说明
  If you say that a statement is anunderstatement, you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true.
  1. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement...
     说我失望那是说得太轻了。
  2. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 轻描淡写；重事轻说；淡化
  Understatementis the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have.
  1. 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。
  2. ...typical British understatement.
     典型的英国式轻描淡写

双语例句

• Being one of important linguistic strategy, understatements have attracted attention of many researchers from different perspectives.
  作为一种重要的言语行为策略，低调陈述吸引了不少研究者的关注，他们从不同的角度分别对低调陈述进行论述。
• Search for exaggeration and understatements.
  发掘夸张效果和话语中的引申意义。
• A Relevance-theoretic Study of English Understatements and Their Chinese Translation
  从关联理论的角度探讨英语低调陈述的汉译问题