英语词汇“litotes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

You probably use litotes every day. Ever say, "He's not the brightest bulb in the lamp," meaning "He's dumb"? Or "She's no beauty queen" meaning "She's ugly"? Well, those are examples of litotes — a way of saying something by saying what it's not.

Beware using litotes too often, especially in written form. George Orwell, who had a lot to say about the misuses of language, once suggested that a good cure for the excessive use of the "not un-" format (a classic litotes), as in "a not unintelligent person," was to memorize the following sentence: "A not unblack dog was chasing a not unsmall rabbit across a not ungreen field." It usually does the trick.

WORD FAMILY

litotes

USAGE EXAMPLES

I had never heard the word litotes, which means “words doctors use to remind you they’re smarter than you are.”

Time(Sep 23, 2016)

The use of tmesis, asyndeton, anacoluthon, aposiopesis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, litotes, in Latin oratory and poetry.

Cruttwell, Charles Thomas, The History of Roman Literature—Fr...(2010)

It is also a specimen of the Greek figure "litotes."

Reade, Charles, A Woman-Hater(2010)

n understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes

Syn|Hyper

meiosis

understatement

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

rhetorical device

a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

单词	litotes
释义	litotes (once / 1477414 pages) n You probably use litotes every day. Ever say, "He's not the brightest bulb in the lamp," meaning "He's dumb"? Or "She's no beauty queen" meaning "She's ugly"? Well, those are examples of litotes — a way of saying something by saying what it's not. Beware using litotes too often, especially in written form. George Orwell, who had a lot to say about the misuses of language, once suggested that a good cure for the excessive use of the "not un-" format (a classic litotes), as in "a not unintelligent person," was to memorize the following sentence: "A not unblack dog was chasing a not unsmall rabbit across a not ungreen field." It usually does the trick. WORD FAMILY litotes USAGE EXAMPLES I had never heard the word litotes, which means “words doctors use to remind you they’re smarter than you are.” Time(Sep 23, 2016) The use of tmesis, asyndeton, anacoluthon, aposiopesis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, litotes, in Latin oratory and poetry. Cruttwell, Charles Thomas, The History of Roman Literature—Fr...(2010) It is also a specimen of the Greek figure "litotes." Reade, Charles, A Woman-Hater(2010) n understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes Syn\|Hyper meiosis understatement a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said rhetorical device a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
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