understatement
🇺🇸
/ˈʌndərsteɪtmənt/
🇬🇧
/ˈʌndəsteɪtmənt/
noun
R
A way of saying something that makes it sound less extreme than it really is.
Saying it was a little cold is an understatement.
說有點冷是一種輕描淡寫的說法。
R
The act of making something seem less significant or serious than it actually is.
His casual attitude is an understatement of the situation's severity.
他隨便的態度是對形勢嚴重性的輕描淡寫。
translation
輕描淡寫, 淡化處理
詞形變化
Plural
understatements