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单词 understatement
释义
understatementunderstatement /ˈʌndɚˌsteɪt˺mənt/ noun 1[countable] a statement that is not strong enough to express how good, bad, impressive, etc. something really is:  To say the movie was bad would be an understatement (=it was an extremely bad movie).2[uncountable] the practice of using statements that are not strong enough to express how good, bad, impressive, etc. something really is:  “The party wasn’t a complete success,” she said with typical understatement (=the party went very badly).
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