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单词 litotes
释义 litotes
 /luy"teuh teez', lit"euh-, luy toh"teez/,  n.  ,  pl.   litotes. Rhet.
 understatement, esp. that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in "not bad at all." Cf. hyperbole.
 [1650-60; < NL < Gk litótes orig., plainness, simplicity, deriv. of litós plain, small, meager]
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