“understatement”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

understatement

释义

understatement
[under-¹ 10 b. Cf. understate v.]
a. (ˌunder-ˈstatement.) A statement which falls below the truth or fact.
1799Monthly Rev. XXVIII. 528 Stating at the lowest its own populousness and produce, and..favouring a similar understatement by its neighbours.1877Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 330 Mr. Mill's remarks..involve a distinct understatement.
b. (Stress variable.) The quality of being understated (sense b) or modest in design.
1967Guardian 21 July 7/4 The kind of subtly simple dress..that ‘Vogue’ would call understated... Under⁓statement is the thing.1977‘J. Fraser’ Hearts Ease in Death xiii. 142 Her simple Hardy Amies dresses, designed with all the understatement..that had become the Queen's dressmaker's hallmark.

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