| 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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