1N-COUNT 不充分如实的陈述;轻描淡写的说明 If you say that a statement is an understatement, you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true. 不充分如实的陈述;轻描淡写的说明
To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.
说我失望那是说得太轻了。
He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year. [+ of]
2N-UNCOUNT 轻描淡写;重事轻说;淡化Understatement is the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have. 轻描淡写;重事轻说;淡化
He informed us with massive understatement that he was feeling disappointed.
ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤gross, massive, vast極保守的說法◇'A little strange' is a gross understatement.“有一點兒奇怪”絕對是輕描淡寫。➤typical典型的低調說法◇with typical British understatement用典型的英國式低調說法PHRASES➤a bit of an understatement, something of an understatement有些輕描淡寫▸➤the understatement of the century, the understatement of the year (bothinformal) 本世紀/本年度最委婉的說法◇To say he wasn't amused must be the understatement of the year.說他沒有被逗樂肯定是本年度最委婉的說法。