| 单词 | understatement |
| 释义 | understatement (once / 9191 pages) n You make an understatement when you say a lot less than you could. If you say "We didn't do our best" when your team loses 56 to 0, that's quite an understatement. An understatement can be just the thing to make someone feel better. For example, if you are a terrible dancer and everyone seems to be pointing and laughing at you, your friend might say your style is unique. She's not lying, but she is making sad truth easier to deal with. Understatement can also be used humorously — if you have a really difficult, scary experience, you might say, "Well, that was interesting." WORD FAMILYunderstatement: understatements+/interstate: interstates/misstate: misstated, misstatement, misstates, misstating/misstatement: misstatements/overstate: overstated, overstatement, overstates, overstating/overstatement: overstatements/restate: restated, restatement, restates, restating/restatement: restatements/state: interstate, intrastate, misstate, overstate, restate, stated, stateless, statement, stater, states, stating, understate/stated: statedly, unstated/statement: statements/stater: staters/understate: understated, understatement, understates, understating/understated: understatedly USAGE EXAMPLESIn the case of Trump’s wall, that may be an understatement. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) “It would be an understatement to say they are in bad condition,” said Tatjana Ristic, who works with Save the Children in Serbia. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) To call 2016 an unusual year is to grant massive latitude to the term “understatement.” Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) n a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said Ant|Hypo|Hyper exaggeration, magnification, overstatement making to seem more important than it really is litotes, meiosis understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc |
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