understatement怎么读

英式音标：[ˈʌndəsteɪtmənt]

美式音标：[ˈʌndərsteɪtmənt]

understatement基本解释

n. 保守的陈述；不充分的陈述；有保留的陈述

understatement的意思释义

n.

保守的陈述；轻描淡写；

变形

复数：understatements

英英释义

n.a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

understatement用法及例句

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

To say the film is bad is an understatement.

说这部影片不好是比较温和的说法。

The description above is quite an understatement.

上文的评价其实很保守。

例句参考

On Pragmatic Inference of Understatement from a Cognitive Perspective

Interpretation of Pragmatic Inference of Understatement

Exaggeration is harder than understatement, but practice makes perfect!

On the Features and Sociopsychological Conditions of Understatement

\"I\'ve Never Seen Anything Like It\": Overstatement, Understatement, and Irony

Contrast and pragmatics in figurative language: Anything understatement can do, irony can do better ☆

Dollar unit sampling: multi - nomial bounds for total overstatement and understatement errors

Unresolved contradictions specifying attitudes — in metaphor, irony, understatement and tautology ☆

Methodologic concerns regarding estimates of physical violence in sexual coercion: overstatement or understatement?

understatement词源

understatement (n.)

1799, from under + statement.

understatement相关例句

1.That is a bit of an understatement, characteristic of a guy who had an old-school upbringing with an emphasis on respect, humility, and a strong work ethic.

他的说法有点过谦，未必充分反映事实，这是受过传统教育的人的特点，这种教育强调尊敬、谦虚和强烈的职业道德。

4.To say the film was bad is an understatement.

说这部影片不好是比较温和的说法。