柯林斯詞典understatement /??nd??ste?tm?nt/ (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. 不充分的陳述 To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. 說我很失望是很輕的說法。2. N-UNCOUNT Understatement is the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have. 低調(diào)說法; 輕描淡寫 ...typical British understatement. …典型的英國式低調(diào)語言。 返回 understatement劍橋詞典a statement that describes something in a way that makes it seem less important , serious , bad , etc. than it really is, or the act of making such statements 保守的陳述； 輕描淡寫 To say that her resignation was a shock would be an understatement - it caused panic . 說她辤職令人震驚過於輕描淡寫了——實際上引起了恐慌。 "It didn't go well? " "That's the understatement of the year /decade /century . It was a disaster ." 事情進展不順利？“這是本年度／十年來／本世紀最溫和的說法。那是場災(zāi)難?！?返回 understatement